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Merson: Liverpool boss Klopp doesn't know what to do

Arsenal title winner Paul Merson has declared Jurgen Klopp has run out of ideas at Liverpool.

Merson issued a brutal assessment of the Reds' performance following their 3-0 loss to Julen Lopetegui's Wolves at Molineux.

Merson told Sky Sports: "First time I've seen Klopp just sitting there…

"I don't like the word 'lost', he's not lost but I don't think he knows what else to do now.

"I think he's watching this time and it is a million miles off where they were last year, a million miles.

“I think he'll wait until the Champions League, I think he'll wait for the Real Madrid game.

"If he gets a couple of players fit such as [Virgil] Van Dijk then it's a different game if they go and beat Real Madrid over two legs.

“Watching this I don't see them doing that. Without Van Dijk, [Joel] Matip and [Joe] Gomez don't look the same players without him.

"The full-backs have lost their way and the midfield's getting overrun.

“You're looking at players who were consistently 8 or 9/10 last year who are now consistently 4 or 5/10 now."

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