Steve Nicol thinks Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah are to blame to Liverpool’s poor form of late.
Jurgen Klopp’s side have thrown a number of points away recently.
The Reds are winless in their last three Premier League games, drawing to West Brom and Newcastle before losing to Southampton on Monday.
In those games, Liverpool have only netted once, so perhaps Nicol has a point.
The Scot told ESPN: ‘I think it’s pretty clear where the problems are. It’s up front. The front three are not producing, not delivering… they’re not even creating!
‘Yes, at Newcastle they made opportunities but this Southampton game and the West Brom game, they never created anything. If you aren’t going to create, then you aren’t going to score goals.’
It seems harsh to single out the trio, as in truth, the whole side hasn’t really been at it over the last three or four weeks.
However, you’re only as good as your forwards, as they say.
So long as Liverpool aren’t conceding three, four or five goals, the defence and midfield are arguably doing their job at keeping the game tight.
In that respect, it is down to Mane, Firmino and Salah to get those three points for Liverpool, something they’re currently failing to do.
Again, it seems harsh to point fingers seeing as the trio have consistently worked wonders for a while now – they are, in our view, Europe’s best front three.
However, with the Premier League as close as it currently is, there is simply no time to rest on your laurels.
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