Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp should have alarm bells ringing from Thiago Alcantara's debut against Chelsea, according to Kenny Cunningham. The Reds have been linked with a move for Thiago all summer long. All the necessary paperwork was all signed in time for Klopp to include Thiago in the matchday squad to face Chelsea just two days after he joined. He was named on the substitutes' bench having spent limited time on the training ground with his new team-mates and ended up coming on at half-time for Jordan Henderson. “I think he will get game time, don’t get me wrong, to a certain extent in Champions League, cup games and certain league games," he told the OTB Football podcast. “You saw a snapshot of it yesterday [Sunday], they had a man spare in that game yesterday and he was asked a couple of questions defensively and he just hadn’t got the answers. “That challenge he made for the penalty, you can’t just close your eyes to that. That kind of decision-making, really, the alarm bells are screaming there. “If I’m the manager or a player and I’m seeing that, I’m thinking ‘wow’. When the big games come along, when it really kind of matters, when we need somebody there who we can trust, be disciplined, see danger, sense danger, make good decisions, when to stay at your feet, when to go to ground and actually how to tackle. I don’t think technically, he actually understands how to tackle.”
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