Danish defender Daniel Agger admits he "does not have a clue" what has gone wrong with Liverpool's defending this season.
Liverpool's leaky defence has been blamed for the club's worst run of form for 22 years, with six defeats already this term and 17 goals conceded in their first 13 matches. Last season Liverpool let in just nine in their first 13 games, and were second in the Premier League at this stage.
Now they are eighth and aware that if they lost at home to Manchester United on Sunday, it will be their fifth successive defeat and their worst run since 1953.
Agger said: "We must defend as a unit, it is not just about four men at the back. Conceding goals like we are is just not good enough. We are normally so strong and we don't concede goals like that. What is wrong? To be honest I haven't got a clue.
"I feel okay, but I am not 100% fit after my back problem. I need match fitness, but that will return slowly."
He added: "Defeats do affect the team, but everyone just has to carry on, work hard, and things will be okay. We need to learn to play consistently through a game, that's simple really."
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WE WILL KILL THE SCUM TODAY LIVERFOOLS YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO THE GAME YOU HAVE BEEN AN EMBARRESMENT IN EUROPE FOR TO LONG HOPEFULLY YOU ARE GOING OUT OF THAT AND TODAY MAN UNITED WILL SHOW YOU WHY THEY ARE THREE TIMES ON THE BOUNCE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS FACT
i think you know agger what is happening in the squad, simply i would say that liverpool midfielder is not good enough to control the game, mascherano is talented player but lucas among the worst midfder i'm see in liverpool history....that cost the problem to the defence..sori to say, with this squad ( without steve & el nino) liverpool can finished bottom 10th..
the problem is rafa have to focus in midfield side and i suggest that dont put Lucas in midfield coz it will be worst and worst for Liverpool...
Real Madrid want Gerrard, Barcelona want Mascherano, when these two leave, which they will, Torres and Reina will follow. Liverpool's lack of strength in depth will be evident. Out of the Champions League for the next two seasons already, the lure of the world’s top players going to Anfield will quickly diminish, especially as there is little money available anyway. When this happens Liverpool will struggle to maintain a place at the top table with the resurgence of Man City, Spurs and the Villa all looking to take that fourth Champions League place. These are dangerous days for Liverpool, this season is make or break, the match against Man United on Sunday will be the decisive moment in Liverpool’s season. You just know Owen will score, probably late on with United already one up and Liverpool chasing the game, little Michael Owen will settle it. Carry On Screaming! Yak! yak! yak!
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