Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher in full agreement on Liverpool star who must be dropped

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Gerrard has called on Slot to name Ngumoha in his next starting XI after another eye-catching cameo.READ MORE: First Everton vs Liverpool Merseyside derby at Hill Dickinson Stadium gets new dateREAD MORE: Virgil van Dijk makes 'high stakes' Liverpool transfer admission over Champions League failureResponding to Virgil van Dijk’s criticism of the team’s display against Wolves, Gerrard said on TNT Sports: "He's right because for 65 minutes, Liverpool were desperate tonight, really poor. [They] didn’t create enough, didn’t play at the right speed or the right tempo, they didn’t have the right quality.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook page"[Slot] has to start Ngumoha now, he has to start him because he’s coming on and doing more in a short cameo and in a short space of time than Gakpo is doing in 65/70 minutes.

He's got the start the kid on Friday night."The teenager replaced Gakpo in the 65th minute and offered more of a threat from the flank. Earlier this season, Ngumoha became the Reds’ youngest-ever goalscorer after netting a late winner against Newcastle United in August.Gerrard’s demand for him to start ahead of Gakpo echoes Carragher’s previous verdict on Liverpool’s wide options.

Liverpool boss Slot has already explained the difficult balance he is striving for in terms of Ngumoha’s game time."Let’s be clear, he is a special player that will have more playing time and already has more playing time recently," Slot said last month. One of those three starts came against Barnsley in the FA Cup third round and he will be pushing to be in Slot’s lineup for Friday's cup match against Wolves.Buy Blood Red, our monthly Liverpool FC print publication for just £3.50 by clicking here