Rousing the Kop

Former Liverpool players take aim at Bradley Barcola and Florian Wirtz for ‘ineffective’ Man City efforts

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When I watch him it looks like he’s got no self confidence. I feel like he’s trying to play the right pass every single time.



I think he needs to be slightly selfish in that position and let one fly.”READ MORE: Jamie Carragher blown away by Liverpool player against Man City, like ‘watching Patrick Vieira’Warnock wants more from BarcolaWarnock, meanwhile, took a closer look at Barcola’s performance during the first half, asking for more from the 24-year-old who is still not quite at his sharpest having missed most of pre-season.“There’s got to be more from Bradley Barcola in forward positions,” the former full-back said on BBC 5 Live. “He doesn’t impact the game enough,” he said.

He’s here for 10 or 20 seconds and then he disappears for five or 10 minutes and you think ‘where is he now?’“You want quality in the final third and it’s not quite there. It’s not like he’s lazy in his approach to the final third, it’s the way he moves and the way he glides.