Jamie Carragher suggests Arne Slot should drop Cody Gakpo and opt for a new Liverpool formation | OneFootball

Liverpool legend and football pundit Jamie Carragher had some tactical suggestions for Reds boss Arne Slot following the Merseyside club’s fourth successive loss.

The Reds have looked dishevelled and out of sorts all season. They face a fight to steady their ship and turn around what could deteriorate into a catastrophic title defence.

Liverpool are trying to fit in their three big-money signings, Hugo Ekitike, Alexander Isak, and Florian Wirtz, into the XI alongside their already existing players, but it is not working.

However, on Monday Night Football, Carragher provided a solution to the conundrum that involves dropping Cody Gakpo to play Wirtz on the left.

He also wants Ekitike in the no. 10 position behind Isak in a 4-2-3-1 set-up.

Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch anchor the midfield for Liverpool, while Dominick Szoboszlai also drops to the bench.

Unfortunately, Carragher’s idea sounds more like blind tinkering than tactical wisdom.

Dropping the ‘dangerous’ Gakpo, Liverpool’s most in-form forward, is utterly brainless.

The 26-year-old has been one of the few bright sparks in a dismal spell, scoring against Manchester United and twice rattling the post in that narrow defeat.

He’s sharp, confident, and carrying the attack on his shoulders while others misfire, starting all but one Premier League game this season.

To suggest benching him for an off-form Isak and a struggling Wirtz is downright absurd.

Gakpo is delivering when the others like Mohamed Salah aren’t. That should end the debate.

Even worse, Carragher’s proposed two-person midfield of Mac Allister and Gravenberch would leave Liverpool frighteningly open.

They already look easy to play through with three midfielders. Cutting one out would be suicidal. Slot’s side needs more structure, not less.

Carragher may mean well, but this is precisely the sort of knee-jerk reaction that gets managers sacked.

Slot’s problem isn’t Gakpo’s inclusion, it’s the team’s overall balance and defensive vulnerability.

If anything, the former PSV Eindhoven ace should be one of the first names on the team sheet.

Liverpool need to fix the system, not scapegoat the one player still performing.