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JAMIE CARRAGHER has blasted Brendan Rodgers’ tactics after Liverpool slumped to a 3-1 defeat to Manchester United.
Despite a stunning overhead kick by Christian Benteke, Liverpool's attackers failed to seriously trouble the United defence.
Danny Ings and Roberto Firmino were the main support behind Benteke but neither player created a single chance for Belgian.
Kop hero Carragher was scathing in his criticism of Rodgers and his confusing tactics.
He said: "There’s not enough help for Benteke.
"Ings came in and I said before the game it must be two up front and they must be playing a diamond formation, but they were still playing 4-3-3.
"I don’t understand what the point was in playing Danny Ings in that wide position. He didn’t give the support to Benteke.
"You think about how many strikers Liverpool have on the books and they have no wide players. They’ve only got Jordon Ibe. Firmino is not a wide player and Coutinho played there last week and he’s not a wide player.
"I don’t understand this obsession with playing 4-3-3. Brendan Rodgers came to the club wanting to play 4-3-3 and it didn’t work.
"The great season they had was with two strikers and how they got them into the team is down to the manager. They’ve got a lot of strikers, no wide players, and he continues to play 4-3-3."
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