Alan Shearer slammed Liverpool’s new boy Cody Gakpo for his ‘lack of energy’ during his side’s 3-0 defeat to Wolves in the Premier League on Saturday.
The Premier League’s all-time leading goalscorer added Gakpo’s work off the ball during the game ‘wasn’t good enough’ as Liverpool suffered yet another day to forget.
It’s becoming such a regular occurrence that there isn’t much left to criticise the team for, other than how they are making the same mistakes again and again.
For someone like Gakpo, who was the only January capture, it’s been nothing but a nightmare start for the 23-year-old following his move from PSV.
That’s three Premier League games and three FA Cup matches, yet no goals or assists for the versatile forward, who has been used down the middle and on the left by Klopp.
Whilst it’s not working on the ball for the player, he certainly isn’t making an impression off it, with Shearer making his feelings clear, as he told Match of the Day.
“This is what Jurgen was on about,” said Shearer. “No pressure on the ball. That’s not good enough from Gakpo (allowing Wolves to play the ball forward on the flanks). No energy.”
GAKPO WALKING INTO A NIGHTMARE
The issue with Gakpo is that he walked into a mess and a team already struggling, mainly without the ball and away from home.
What makes matters worse is that, whilst fans were excited by his arrival, he’s not somebody Klopp needed.
To think that Liverpool aren’t splashing the cash and they only brought in one player last month, and he isn’t a midfielder, is pretty baffling, to be honest.
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