Jason McAteer claims Liverpool star looks 'lost' after 'phenomenal' season

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Kerkez’s one-on-one defending has been poor, while he has contributed little offensively, and has looked awkward in Liverpool’s build-up play. “I thought he had a phenomenal season at Bournemouth.

But I just feel he's a little bit lost at the minute. Kerkez has struggled in his first few months at Liverpool (Image: Getty Images) “At Bournemouth, he just looked like he loved playing football.

He's like painting by numbers at the minute.” Despite that, Slot has started Kerkez in all eight Premier League matches so far this season. “The reason why we brought him in is that he brings a lot of energy to the game, he keeps going up and down and is very good at defending the one-v-one situations against his winger.