Liverpool news: Mo Salah blamed for Reds problems and Steven Gerrard admits surprise

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Explaining his stance to the Daily Mail, Souness said: "What happens, in my opinion and in my experience, is your career happens one of two ways.READ MORE: Liverpool star Hugo Ekitike in tears hobbling off vs Brighton as injury worries deepenREAD MORE: Liverpool have key advantage over PSG in Champions League that Chelsea were denied"When you get to that sort of 33-34 age area, it's either falling off a cliff, or it's a slow decline. I went to see the very first game of the season, the Community Shield against Crystal Palace, and I was sitting next to my young son, I said, 'I don't know what's wrong with him?' And then I thought, maybe he needs half a dozen games to get up to speed."But he's never improved.

I think if you're looking for the single biggest reason (for Liverpool’s shaky form), it's because he's not been getting the numbers."He's been for six, seven years the Liverpool go-to man. He’s a great - a Liverpool great - but his best season is behind him."Steven Gerrard's surpriseFormer Reds hero Gerrard has claimed that Trent Alexander-Arnold's England snub for this month's international break comes as a surprise.

He said: "Very much so."Listen, we’ve got some good options at right-back, Reece James is world class, I really like Livramento, I know he’s had a couple of injuries but he can play both sides. I understand the selection, but I just think, ‘is Trent among the best 35 players in this country?’ Of course he is."There's going to be certain games where England have to open the door, they might be against a low block where it's really frustrating, and Trent is one of these players who can come off the bench and just completely change the game with one pass, he's that level of a player."So I am surprised, and I'm disappointed for him.