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Lewis Ambrose·11 March 2018

Jürgen Klopp at odds with Jamie Carragher over defensive errors

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Trent Alexander-Arnold came in for some criticism after Manchester United’s first goal on Saturday afternoon.

The full-back was well beaten by Marcus Rashford as the hosts took the league at Old Trafford, sparking comments that he should have done more to keep the forward away from goal.


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Jürgen Klopp, though, is having none of it.

“Who were the pundits?” Klopp asked after the game.

“Rashford is coming at 100mph in that situation, Trent makes this move, he cuts back and then there needed to be another player.

“Could Trent have done better? Probably. But could he have solved the situation alone? There needs to be a second player.

“Pundits are former defenders and unfortunately they made similar things, in similar situations. It was a brilliant goal from Rashford.

“One of them (Carragher) was for sure, a full back from time to time when he was young.”

It’s not the first time Klopp has publicly criticised Carragher’s comments, with the Liverpool manager telling the former defender to ‘lose some weight’ back in February after Carragher had questioned whether or not new signing Virgil van Dijk was in peak physical condition.