Steven Gerrard’s ‘alarming’ Liverpool accusation as big transfer prediction made
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SportFootballSteven GerrardSteven Gerrard has had his say on Liverpool's form this season and what the club should do to replace Mohamed Salag.Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard would like to see the Reds sign Bayern Munich winger Michael Olise to replace Mohamed Salah and admits he's really concerned by what he saw from the Reds in their 4-0 defeat to Manchester City at the weekend.Pep Guardiola's side cruised to victory in the FA Cup, while Arne Slot's side were well off the pace. Dominik Szoboszlai was highly critical of Liverpool's performance hammering a lack of fighting spirit.Speaking on TalkSPORT, Gerrard said: "They had their chances which they never took, we all know in the big games that you have to take their chances in the big games.
City were outstanding but it was worrying and concerning the way Liverpool did crumble.READ MORE: Champions League power rankings as Arsenal and Liverpool face gloomy realityREAD MORE: Gary Lineker gives new Premier League title race verdict between Arsenal and Man City"But it's even more alarming what the players are saying after the game, saying there's no fight, 'we gave the game up', at Liverpool Football Club, that can't happen on the pitch and can't be said off it. Worrying, worrying times I must say."Liverpool know they have to qualify for the Champions League to spare any embarrassing blushes this season, falling heavily from grace.Mohamed Salah's departure this summer means the Reds know they'll to replace one talisman, with Gerrard naming the star he'd like to see replace him."The concern if you're trying to Salah, like-for-like, there's very few out there," Gerrard continued.
"Olise would be one but I don't think he'd be available."From experience, being around Liverpool, the recruitment team will have different options, that doesn't necessarily mean like-for-like."When we had to replace Mane for example, we went for signed Diaz who was slightly different, when Suarez or Torres has left, they've had different type of options to replace the players."Liverpool have a fantastic record of replacing top players so I've got every confidence from a recruitment point of view that they'll have different options."They'll have to replace his goal involvements which is extremely difficult because he's been incredible for Liverpool for many years."There will be more to follow on this breaking news story and Mirror Sport will bring you the very latest updates, pictures and video as soon as possible.Please check back regularly for updates on this developing story.Follow us on Google News, Flipboard, Apple News, Twitter, Facebook or visit The Mirror homepage.Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCSteven GerrardtalkSPORT