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Many Liverpool fans have already given up on Christian Benteke

Published 10:17 3 Jan 2016 GMT

Nooruddean Choudry
Many Liverpool fans have already given up on Christian Benteke

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Prior to the weekend, he had scored two winners in the last two games, but a lot of his own fans are thoroughly sick of him.

Despite netting seven times in his fledgling Anfield career, in a side very much in transition, Christian Benteke is leaving many Liverpool supporters utterly dismayed by his languid performances. West Ham United v Liverpool - Premier League : News Photo His standing was not helped by a particularly off-colour display in the Merseyside club's 2-0 defeat by West Ham, where he was overshadowed by Andy Carroll, the ghost of Scouse dismay past. In fairness to Benteke, even those who are scathing of his performances tend to admit that he has his attributes, but that they are perhaps not compatible to Jurgen Klopp's style of play. Judging by the comments below, many Reds have already made up their minds about the former Aston Villa man... https://twitter.com/rickedwards1/status/683294543228317696 https://twitter.com/g7paul/status/683550793895641089 https://twitter.com/Kopstuff_LFC/status/683367437891465216 https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldChat/status/683292438589521924 https://twitter.com/monkey_sponge/status/683369083656626177 https://twitter.com/Lammy_Mate/status/683573935879892992 https://twitter.com/vikkers14/status/683343396237381632 https://twitter.com/DarrenCarleyLFC/status/683296050610831360 https://twitter.com/Smiggy12LFC/status/680778901212258308

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Many Liverpool fans have already given up on Christian Benteke