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02nd Sep 2015

Harry Redknapp has torn “bang average” Liverpool to absolute shreds

"They are lucky to have any points"

Darragh Murphy

What’s the opposite of ‘triffic?

Whatever it is, that’s the way that Harry Redknapp sees Brendan Rodgers’ Liverpool side.

The former QPR manager has been firing some serious shots at the Reds recently as he revealed that he thinks they would be lucky to make it into the top five by the end of the season.

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“I don’t fancy Liverpool at all,” said Redknapp at a Telegraph Total Football Live event. 

“I think it’s the worst Liverpool team I have seen in years. They look bang average. They are lucky to have any points.

“Bournemouth should have beaten them, they got a wonder goal at Stoke. OK, they played all right first-half at Arsenal. I think they will do well to finish in the top five. I am not with Liverpool at all this year. Having said that they will probably win the league.

“They lost Steven Gerrard, their leader. What a player. They lost Jamie Carragher the year before. They’ve lost their characters.

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“Look at the two centre-halves on Saturday (Dejan Lovren and Martin Skrtel). The left-back (Joe Gomez) is a good young player who can’t kick with his left foot but he is playing at left-back. He’s a fantastic talent, strong, quick. But what will he give you on the left? He is on the wrong side. They look a badly balanced team to me. Sorry, I can’t have Liverpool.

“I love Liverpool Football Club, and if you said to me which team would I have loved to manage in this country it would be Liverpool – but I can’t see it this year.”

We love it when ‘Arry throws a few slaps.

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