Jamie Carragher has labelled Liverpool’s failure to sign any new players in the January transfer window as a major disappointment.
The Reds are currently without a win in 2017 and were beaten 2-0 by relegation-threatened Hull City on Saturday.
Their poor run of form has seen them fall away in the title chase and slide down the table, with Jurgen Klopp’s men now sitting in fifth place and 13 points behind leaders Chelsea.
Major questions are being raised about the German manager and his current squad, with some feeling the failure to sign players in January was a poor decision.
Carragher is one of those who believes the club should have been active, saying it was a major disappointment that there were no new arrivals.
“Liverpool don’t have the squad to match the other teams and are in a major fight for the top four,” he told Sky Sports.
“For how great everything was going a few months ago, it shows how quickly everything can just unravel.
“A major disappointment, whether it was down to the manager or the board, was not getting any reinforcements in in January. The players are there. I am not saying panic buy.
“At this moment, there are lots of problems, defensively and in attack, but I am talking about in terms of numbers, Liverpool needed something.
“If you look at Liverpool’s bench, they haven’t got anything like what Manchester United have got, City have got – these are the teams they are trying to compete with.
“The fact that they haven’t reinforced from a position of strength – where they were in the league as the best challengers for Chelsea – has meant they have fallen away.”