Hargreaves: The new player s joining destroys Liverpool s balance, and it s a lucky win in the previous game

Recently, former England international Hargreaves talked about the recent decline in Liverpool's form. He believes that the joining of new players has undermined the team's balance.

Liverpool has lost to Crystal Palace and Galatasaray in the past week, ending its seven-game winning streak. Although during the winning streak, Hargreaves also believed the team was not at its best, noting that new players like Wiltz disrupted the team's balance.

Hargreaves believes that Liverpool's new players have affected the team's balance and head coach Slot needs to make adjustments. This is the second time Liverpool has lost consecutive games under Slotte, first losing to Crystal Palace 1-2 in the Premier League, and then losing 0-1 to Galatasaray in the Champions League.

Worse, goalkeeper Alisson left the field with an injury against Galatasaray, meaning Mamadashvili, who joined from Valencia in the summer, will have his top-flight debut against Chelsea on the weekend.

Alison's absence was a blow to Liverpool, Hargreaves was more worried about the impact of other new players. Wilz is one of the biggest signings in the summer transfer window, with the transfer fee reaching £116 million. Hargreaves believes that Slott tried to arrange too many players in the midfield, causing the team to lose balance.

He said: "They performed very well last year and it looks like they should be able to beat all the opponents. This year, they signed a lot of good players, but when you spend so much money to sign Wiltz, you have to get him on the court."

"But in fact, those three midfielders last year were the best in the league. You can't find a better combination than Heraffenberg, McAllister and Sobosloy. Suddenly, you spend so much money to sign Wiltz, you have to get him on the court. They try to get him into the team and Sobosloy has to play right back, which I think ruins the team '

" Connate also made some mistakes, and these mistakes did not appear last year. I think it was a balance issue, they had two new full-backs, plus Wiltz and Isaac were added. You have to think clearly that they have a lot of good players. This goes back to the issue of Arsenal and Arteta, you just need to find the right balance in the game. '

Although Liverpool won seven straight wins at the beginning of the season, several of them were won by last-minute goals, which Hargreaves said suggests they have not yet reached their best form.

"They were lucky to win those games, and almost all of them won in injury time, except for the free kick Sobosloy had against Arsenal. The rest were later than that, and they won 90 minutes later. The reason they were able to win by chance was because they had top players."

"In fact, this has been revealed. They could have lost 0-6 on the weekend against Crystal Palace. If Allison hadn't been on the court, they might have lost four or five goals. Slott had managed the team well, but he needed some adjustments to make the team more solid in defense and then let the frontcourt players win the game."