Steven Gerrard tells Liverpool the player they must sign after Champions League defeat

The Anfield legend feels his previous facet want recent legs in midfield (Photos: Getty / BT Sport)

Steven Gerrard has urged Liverpool to signal a brand new midfielder after their Champions League defeat to Actual Madrid and believes they should ease the goalscoring burden on their attackers.

The Merseysiders had been on prime for a lot of Saturday evening’s match in Paris and tried 24 photographs on objective however had been denied by an impressed efficiency from Man of the Match Thibaut Courtois.

Actual improved within the second half and all the time carried a menace on the break, with the sport’s decisive second approaching the hour-mark when Federico Valverde’s pushed cross discovered Vinicius Junior on the again put up, who fired residence.

Actual Madrid edged Saturday’s European closing in Paris (Image: Getty)

Liverpool mustered few clear-cut probabilities after going behind, although Courtois produced an outstanding save to disclaim Salah late on.

Arguably the very best alternative of the evening fell to Naby Keita simply contained in the field, however he despatched a rash volley try crusing excessive and vast of the objective.

Gerrard, who was on the Stade de France, felt the dearth of a goalscoring midfielder in the end hindered Liverpool and believes they have to signal a No.8 who can hit double figures in the event that they need to enhance the crew.

Chatting with BT Sport after the sport, the Aston Villa boss mentioned: ‘Jordan and James Milner are usually not getting any youthful.

‘They’re nonetheless prime gamers at this degree, in fact, and so they’ll need to go on and do extra.

‘However for Liverpool, if you consider the subsequent 5, six, seven years, they’re going to wish a midfielder, an eight, who can get targets, who can get double figures.

‘They're closely reliant on the entrance three – or the entrance 5 if you happen to embody Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino.

Gerrard has recommended Liverpool may have to consider changing Henderson (Image: Getty)

‘However you all the time want a type of midfielders that’s going to get within the field and get you targets.’

Liverpool seem like on the identical wavelength as Gerrard and have made a brand new midfielder their prime switch precedence this window.

Whereas rumoured goal Monaco’s Aurelien Tchouameni is a bit more defence-minded, Borussia Dortmund’s teenage midfielder star Jude Bellingham may very well be simply the participant they want.

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