Jamie Carragher has urged Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp to move for Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart in the January transfer window, and warned that he may not get another chance to win the Premier League he fails to address the side’s obvious problems in goal.

Carragher looked on as Liverpool went behind against Stoke when Jon Walters beat Simon Mignolet with a relatively simple header. Liverpool fought back to secure a comfortable 4-1 victory thanks to goals from Adam Lallana, Roberto Firmino, Daniel Sturridge and a Gianelli Imbula own-goal, but Carragher was unable to look beyond his former side’s issues in goal.

Mignolet has only just been recalled to the first team after Klopp elected to drop Loris Karius, having taken the decision to take the German out of the firing line after a string of high-profile mistakes.

But as Carragher explains, Klopp brought Karius to the club because he could not trust Mignolet to perform to the level required to maintain a Premier League title challenge, and the former defender has urged Klopp to move swiftly in the transfer window to sign Hart from City – though he is currently on loan with Italian side Torino.

“The goalkeeper has to save it,” Carragher said on Sky Sports. “Liverpool have a goalkeeping problem. It's not just one individual. The reason Karius was brought in was because Simon Mignolet wasn't good enough but he's now gone back to him.

“Whenever a Liverpool goalkeeper is asked to make saves he should make, they're going in. Yeah, you can say its poor defensively but at times you want your goalkeeper to bail you out. That's what he's there for.

“If somebody said to me ‘the window's open, you can go and get Joe Hart’, I would do it. If I was Jürgen Klopp I would do it. It is a great chance Liverpool have got at the moment [to win the league].”

Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Show all 23 1 /23 Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Liverpool 0 Stoke 0 Who impressed as Liverpool were held to a goalless draw by relegation-threatened Stoke City at Anfield? Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings <b>Liverpool:</b> Loris Karius – 6 out of 10 Barely tested. Reuters Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Joe Gomez – 6 out of 10 Looked a little shaky in the first half but improved after the break. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Virgil van Dijk – 6 out of 10 As reliable as ever at the back for the Reds. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Ragnar Klavan – 6 out of 10 Could’ve had an assist if Nathaniel Clyne had connected better with his header from the Estonian’s super cross. Reuters Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Alberto Moreno – 6 out of 10 Almost opened the scoring with a 20-yard effort in the second half and was generally good going forward. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Trent Alexander-Arnold – 6 out of 10 Should’ve scored in the first half when Mo Salah played him through on goal. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Jordan Henderson – 5 out of 10 A disappointing display by the Reds skipper, who picked up a worrying ankle injury in the first half. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Gini Wijnaldum – 6 out of 10 Shone in midweek but he was ineffective here. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Mo Salah – 6 out of 10 One of his poorest displays in a red shirt. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Roberto Firmino – 6 out of 10 Always looking to make something happen but, like most of his teammates, he was a little off today. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Danny Ings – 5 out of 10 Had the ball in the net in the first half but was correctly flagged offside. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings <b>Stoke City:</b> Jack Butland – 6 out of 10 Looked nervy in the first half. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Kurt Zouma – 7 out of 10 Put in a solid display at right-back in the injury-enforced absence of Glen Johnson. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Ryan Shawcross – 7 out of 10 Produced a marvellous sliding tackle in the closing stages to deny James Milner a shot on goal. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Bruno Martins Indi – 6 out of 10 Forced off with a groin injury shortly after half-time. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Erik Pieters – 6 out of 10 Caught out of position to give Mo Salah a goal-scoring chance but the Egyptian spared him with a poor finish. Lucky to get away with a handball in the box late on. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Xherdan Shaqiri – 5 out of 10 Didn’t feature much. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Joe Allen – 7 out of 10 Shrugged off an injury at the start of the second half and turned in a disciplined midfield display. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Papa Ndiaye – 6 out of 10 Not the most technically proficient player but he was full of running, Reuters Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Moritz Bauer – 6 out of 10 Created Stoke’s best opening when his cross was headed wide by Mame Diouf. Getty Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Mame Diouf – 6 out of 10 Had a good chance in the first half but could only find the side-netting with his header. EPA Liverpool vs Stoke player ratings Peter Crouch – 6 out of 10 Even he couldn’t stretch far enough to turn the ball home from a Xherdan Shaqiri cross in the first half. Getty

Carragher’s motivation for urging Klopp to move quickly – and not wait until the summer when Hart’s loan deal with Torino expires and he returns to England – is that he believes the likes of Antonio Conte and Pep Guardiola will be even stronger next season once they’ve had a year in the Premier League under their belts.

“It may be different next year, with European football coming in,” Carragher added.

“Managers have come into this country with another year's experience. Conte is flying but if you think of someone like Pep Guardiola and the investment the other teams are going to have.

Jurgen Klopp has come up against Joe Hart a number of times during his management career (Getty)

“Jürgen Klopp, if you're talking net spend, has virtually spent nothing. He's done a remarkable job but the position Liverpool are in, if they get the chance to get a goalkeeper with Premier League titles, you do it.”