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Liverpool legend Nicol: Klopp defence has fundamental problem

Liverpool legend Steve Nicol has concerns with Jurgen Klopp's defence.

Nicol spent 13 years at Anfield, winning four league titles and making over 400 appearances for the club.

After Saturday's 4-3 win over Leeds United, he said: “You've got Liverpool's backline trying to push up, almost on the halfway line.

“That's not 'well it was one of those days' type of things, that is a huge, fundamental problem.

“It doesn't get any more basic than your backline closing when there's no pressure on the ball.

"It really is a huge problem if you get it wrong.

“When you get it wrong you see what happens and if you don't fix that, you're in big, big trouble defensively."

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