Liverpool hero Jamie Carragher believes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain should be played centrally.

Carragher feels Oxlade-Chamberlain is more effective in central midfield for Liverpool than in a more advanced role.

“I think he's far better central than he is out wide," Carragher told Sky Sports. “I don't see him part of a front three. I think the inside right position in midfield really suits him."

As far as manager Jurgen Klopp is concerned, the player is a valued member of his squad.

“Oxlade-Chamberlain, if he is not in your first XI, he has played incredible games for this club," Klopp said when defended the star's performance against Aston Villa.

"He won the game almost alone against [Manchester] City a year or two ago. He is not the worst footballer since then.

"It is not easy. I cannot judge people on a game in which the whole team is not performing great. I see them in training and I know they are more than options for me, and that is really good."