Liverpool news: Sky Sports pundit Neville has criticised three players after Man City

Liverpool boast one of the Premier League’s most potent attackers with Salah, Mane and Firmino all scoring goals galore last season. However, the Reds’ blockbuster strike force has found this season tough so far, failing to scale the same heights as a year ago. Against Manchester City, the Liverpool trio failed to sparkle with Jurgen Klopp’s side only claiming a draw courtesy of Riyad Mahrez’s horrendous penalty. And Neville believes Salah, Firmino and Mane have all ‘dropped off’.

“This Liverpool team their greatest strength is their ability to sprint quickly, press quickly, transition quickly but when they don’t have that they lose a lot,” said Neville. “I think there’s a big drop off in quality but you saw it against Chelsea in the Carabao Cup here, there’s a big drop off in quality between Mane, Salah, Firmino and the ones below. “Can these three really keep their energy levels up every single Wednesday, Saturday?” Klopp, though, was happy with Liverpool’s performance against City. The Reds manager said: “I am fine.

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“It is a very intense, unbelievable challenge to face Manchester City always - I’ve said that before - and as the last game of an intense period, it makes the challenge even bigger, so I am really happy with what the boys did today. “The start in the game was fantastic and I liked it, but if you want to win against City you have to use a few of these half-chances or whatever it is in these moments. “You cannot defend them 100 per cent over 95 minutes, so they will always have their moments but I thought how we defended was brilliant apart from the penalty and one or two situations where we needed Alisson with a really good save. “We’ve played City now that often and they’re just outstanding.

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