Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson has slammed the club's fly-on-the-wall doco. 'Being: Liverpool', currently being aired on Channel 5, takes a behind the scenes look at the club with manager Brendan Rodgers featuring prominently.

And Lawrenson was critical of the Northern Irishman's participation in his column for the Daily Mirror - claiming that Anfield bosses of old would be "turning in their graves".

"What on earth is Brendan Rodgers doing in this programme Being: Liverpool?," writes Lawrenson, who was also critical of the club's American owners.

"I'm sorry, I just think this show comes across as American schmalz. It's totally ill-advised and some of the stuff that I have seen so far in the first three episodes is cringeworthy.

"I think everybody shares that point of view. The problem is, once you get American owners intent on doing it and intent on getting everyone involved it's extremely difficult.

"Well, at the moment the club isn't doing particularly well. The soundbites are great but it's plain for everyone to see that there is a lot wrong."