Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has been urged not to make a hasty decision
Danny Murphy believes Jurgen Klopp needs to show faith in Alisson and resist the temptation to drop his number one.
The Brazilian has committed a string of costly errors in recent matches as the wheels have come off the champions’ defence of the Premier League title, but Murphy believes his former side will be worse of without the keeper.
Reflecting on his own experiences as a player, the nine-time England international feels managers can do more harm than good by dropping someone who’s off their game.
Alisson cost two goals in quick succession with horrendous distribution in the 4-1 defeat against Manchester City earlier this month, and a disastrous mix-up with debutant Ozan Kabak allowed Jamie Vardy to score Leicester’s second in their 3-1 win against Liverpool on Saturday.
Speaking ahead of tonight’s Champions League last-16 tie against RB Leipzig, Murphy insists the 28-year-old, who reportedly earns £90,000 per week, could be just one game away from turning things round.
Asked on talkSPORT if Alisson should be dropped, he said: “No. Not yet. I don’t think we’re there yet.
“I don’t think the quality underneath him is good enough, and he’s an experienced guy.
“I as a player when I was having a bad spell – I know goalkeepers are more isolated in terms of how you judge them and every mistake’s a goal – when I was playing badly for a couple of games, it helped me if the manager had given me the confidence to let me play through it a little bit.
“Because what can happen when you remove someone from the team so quickly after a couple of games not playing well is that your confidence becomes even less. It just drains out of you, then you’ve got this mountain to climb to try and get back in.
“One good game for him and all of a sudden his confidence could be back.”
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