Teams are using our own tactic (counter pressing) against us to good effect, Arsenal did it in the first half last week and Burnley did it as well yesterday (certainly for the first goal anyway). They know that our back 4, keeper and DM aren't great on the ball and a lot of our passes go sideways and backwards so it is safe to get in our faces, they know that no one is going thread an Alonso-esque through ball through their press and leave 5 or 6 of their players stranded the wrong side of the ball.
Henderson will show for the ball but just give it straight back to the player who gave it to him, Clyne is a good full back but the one glaring weakness in his game is that he panics when closed down, Mingolet can't kick a ball, Moreno continually takes risks and Lovren in his own mind thinks he's a great distributor but most of his long passes don't land within 30 feet of another Liverpool player.
As I said yesterday in 78-79 the likes of Alan Hansen, Phil Thompson, Phil Neal, Alan Kennedy and Ray Clemence conceded just 16 goals in an entire 42 game season, granted they had a 25 year old Graeme Souness protecting them but it just goes to show the stark contrast between those players and this modern crowd who conceded 5 goals in just one and a half games.
The fact that those 70's lads were paid hundreds of pounds whilst this mob are paid hundreds of thousands is as laughable as our defending.