Liverpool stars warned over breach of golden rule - 'That's why I always say'

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But it's as open, I think, as I've seen Liverpool for a long, long time."They look like they can concede goals, which I always think of Liverpool as quick, fast attacking, but fairly secure defensively, and they just seem to be way too open at the back now. I don't know whether that's a slight change in style of play."Obviously, [Andy] Robertson's come out of the team and then also Trent Alexander-Arnold has moved on, and then they've brought in a couple of other players.

Shouldn't need me to tell you when players lose confidence, it disappears pretty quickly and it's hard to get back."Winterburn also highlighted that Liverpool have failed to follow a golden rule he would always emphasise to players and teams.He continued: "That's why I always say to people, 'It's never okay to lose a game, but everybody loses a game. But what you don't want to do is lose a second game, and then the third game and then the fourth game,' because that drains the confidence of the players, as good as they are."It doesn't matter if they're internationals, we're all the same.

The pressure and the decision making becomes a little bit blurry, and I think that's where Liverpool are at the moment."They've got a huge two or three weeks coming up. I'm sure their statto [statistics] guys will be looking at everything."But just to somebody that's watching the game, I think at times they look to me as if you can get at the back four and it doesn't matter how good your back four is, if you've got no protection in front of it, movement can absolutely destroy you."Liverpool now face a challenging run of fixtures, starting with Aston Villa at Anfield on Saturday evening, followed by a Champions League clash with Real Madrid on Tuesday.