Former Tottenham player Jamie O'Hara has warned Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp cannot play the style of football that has been successful for him at Anfield with Thiago Alcanata in his midfield. The player joined the Reds from Bayern Munich. He missed the first two months due to a knee injury but was in the starting line-up for the last three Premier League games. Indeed, Liverpool failed to score in those three games. And while O'Hara says there is no doubting Thiago's quality with the ball at his feet, he adds the 29-year-old plays at a much slower pace. “As much as I love Thiago, I think he's fantastic, brilliant to watch, he just slows it down for them,” O’Hara said on talkSPORT. "When Fabinho plays in midfield and Henderson plays in midfield, they have an energy and an edge. Fabinho breaks it up and he goes bang: there you go [Mohamed] Salah, there you go [Sadio] Mane. "I think that's what's made Liverpool so great, especially over the last couple of seasons, is their energy and relentlessness to keep going. When they win it back they go bang and they're at you again, and then they give it away and then they go again. Now all of a sudden I'm watching them and thinking Thiago's getting the ball, he's brilliant, he's moving it like Man City - I think he’d be perfect for Man City’s side. "But in Liverpool's team I just look at it and go: 'He just slows it up a bit, he wants to have 150 touches a game'. Thiago slows it down too much for me.”
Source: Express/*Join us on Telegram!