Jamie Carragher stands firm on Liverpool's 'basketball' problem after Chelsea nightmare

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Liverpool suffered a second successive Premier League defeat as they lost 2-1 to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, with a last-gasp Estevao winner breaking Reds' heartsLiverpool have suffered back-to-back Premier League defeats, slipping from the summit as the international break arrives, with club legend Jamie Carragher highlighting persistent issues he's noticed for some time. Sandwiched between those league setbacks, Slot's team also fell to defeat against Galatasaray in the Champions League, displaying similar defensive frailties - though only conceding once as the Turkish giants failed to take full advantage of their opportunities.Carragher criticised the team for playing basketball rather than football during that Galatasaray trip and he reiterated those same accusations following the weekend's reverse at Stamford Bridge.

"My criticism of Liverpool being almost like a basketball team, again it has come back to haunt them," the 47-year-old said on Super Sunday Extra Time.READ MORE: Chelsea star admits they targeted one Liverpool player as Arne Slot warned he has 'clear problem'"This thing about it being end to end in a game of football, Liverpool should be dominating a game like this with the changes of personnel Chelsea have got," he added. But right now Liverpool went from, I would call them a top team, workmanlike team last season and they have sprinkled a little bit of star dust on it terms of the transfers that they have brought in.

Decision making could've been better, last 10-15 minutes was end-to-end," he told Match of the Day."We arrived in their 18-yard box with [Andy] Robertson, we couldn't control the ball but again it's fine margins like it's been for as long as I've been here. Last week, same as this week two difficult away games, the fine margins haven't been in our favour."In both games we've created more chances than the team we have faced - Palace and Chelsea - but the truth is that we have only scored once in both games and our opponent has scored twice."Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL packageThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.