Liverpool legend John Aldridge has hit out at the tactics of Premier League managers.

Aldridge citing Liverpool's easy 4-1 win over Cardiff on Saturday as a typical example of an 'unhealthy' new trend.

Writing in the Sunday World, Aldridge said that the Premier League is in danger of losing it's tag as the world's most exciting league if more teams don't adopt a more adventurous approach.

"A major issue has developed in England's top flight over the last few years as an unhealthy number of teams are now playing got nothing more other than to try and avoid relegation and that is affecting the quality of the competition," Aldridge said.

"Liverpool were undone by teams like Cardiff in recent years, but they have enough quality to finish them off now, but overall image of the game is at stake here. This was a mis-match from first to last and Warnock and his players knew it would be with their defensive approach to the game.

"They barely showed any ambition from first to last and that is probably the only way they could go as it was clear that their players were several levels below Liverpool as they tried to survive rather than compete at Anfield. You often see games like this on the training ground during the week.

"Bring the youth team in and give them a chance to play against the first team and it ends up being an experience for them and a nice little work out for the main players but you don't expect to see that in the Premier League. We see games like this every week in La Liga, as the teams at the bottom end of the table go into games knowing they have little or no chance of getting a positive result and it does nothing for entertainment levels."