Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from Rousing the Kop or go back to LFC Live.
Although he was one of the main reasons why the Reds almost won the Premier League title under Brendan Rodgers, Jamie Carragher still thinks that two players were technically better than him who he played with. Jamie Carragher says John Barnes and Jan Molby were technically better than Luis Suarez at LiverpoolDuring the three and a half years that the Uruguayan was a Liverpool player, he managed to play 133 games, score 82 goals and even chip in with 32 assists for his teammates.
He played most of his games as the Reds’ number nine, but there were two occasions when he was used on the right wing. “When I played at Liverpool, and obviously I’d say Steven Gerrard’s the best player I played with, but when I first got into playing for the reserves, if you like, and then I finished what it was 20 years later, there wasn’t any player in that 20 years technically better than Jan Molby and John Barnes,” he said on The Overlap Podcast.“I’m not talking about exceptions, I’m talking about across the board.“No, what I’m saying is 20 years later, and I agree with you, the game has become more technical, the pitches are better, we play more from the back.“Imagine we play now.
But when I think I played with Alonso or Suarez or Steven Gerrard, they still weren’t technically as good as two of those players who were playing in the mid-80s.”Liverpool could do with a prime Luis Suarez right about nowThere’s no hiding from the fact that Suarez was one of Liverpool’s best purchases in recent memory. Of course, he joined at a time when there wasn’t much hope in the city, but now, there’s a city full of believers.