'Go old school': Joe Hart delivers clear advice for Liverpool players on how they can bounce back against PSG
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Liverpool fans are already fearing the worst about Wednesday’s clash with Paris Saint-Germain after being smashed 4-0 by Manchester City on Saturday.Hope had been renewed that the Reds could pull off something special this season after a good start at the Etihad, but things quickly unravelled to send them to Paris in the worst way possible.With heads starting to drop within the Liverpool squad, it is hard to see how the Reds can get a positive result at the Parc des Princes. Is it time for Van Dijk to join Salah this summer and leave Liverpool?
The errors are beginning to pile up… Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images Liverpool players must hold each other accountableThroughout this season there has been a real lack of accountability on the pitch for Liverpool.Hugo Ekitike and Dominik Szoboszlai displayed this mentality during Saturday’s defeat, with Ekitike swapping shirts mid-game and Szoboszlai playing up in front of the away end after full-time.Nevertheless, speaking to TNT Sports pitch side at the Etihad, Hart claimed that the only way for Liverpool to get something at PSG is for the ‘characters in the dressing room’ to step up and pull everyone forward.“I’m going to have to go old school, I think it’s about the characters in the dressing room,” he said when asked how confidence can return for Liverpool. Photo by Robbie Jay Barratt – AMA/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Virgil van Dijk’s Man City reaction shows Liverpool captain might have given up – Steve Nicol“It’s about getting in amongst each other and going ‘we’re not licking our wounds, we’re not feeling sorry for ourselves, we’re Liverpool Football Club, we’re off the back of a Premier League win last season, we’re in the Champions League, one of the only English teams still in the competition’, they’ve got to play with their chest out.
“They’ve really got to question each other and put some pressure on each other as professionals.”Sadly, with big players starting to fade and confidence being battered all season long, it is difficult to see Liverpool taking this approach.Instead, we will likely see a group feeling sorry for themselves take to the pitch and pile more misery onto themselves and their supporters in France. Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox