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Jamie Carragher took aim at several Liverpool players after their 2-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, including Hugo Ekitike, Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Ibrahima Konate.

Arne Slot’s side struggled to cope with PSG at the Parc des Princes as goals in each half from Desire Doue and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia sealed a deserved win for the Champions League holders.

Liverpool failed to register a shot on target and had just 26 per cent possession, while Slot admitted after the game that his side were more focused on ‘surviving’ PSG’s onslaught in the second half.

Slot opted to play with a back five against PSG but Carragher believes Virgil van Dijk was hampered by an ‘poor’ performance from Konate.

‘He [Slot] went about it with the back five all wrong and they were actually more open with a back five than they would be with a back four,’ Carragher told CBS Sports.

‘Because they went man-to-man all over the pitch and your three centre-backs had to cover the width of the pitch and for Virgil van Dijk watching him tonight in a middle of a back three… normally when you get to a certain age you feel...

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Source: Liverpool Echo
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