Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool will beat Galatasaray to succeed in the Champions League quarter-final but feels Arne Slot’s side might be eliminated by Paris Saint-Germain.
Liverpool were beaten in the primary leg of their last-16 tie in Turkey on Tuesday night as Mario Lemina’s goal sealed a 1-0 win for Galatasaray.
Slot’s side must now overturn that result at Anfield within the return leg next Tuesday as a way to progress to the quarter-final, where they are going to play either Chelsea or PSG.
Carragher believes the defeat to Galatasaray is a ‘big worry’ for Slot but feels Liverpool’s problems will proceed if the Dutchman is sacked at the tip of the season.
‘This was an end-to-end game that was a foul game in the long run for Liverpool,’ Carragher told CBS Sports.
‘Bad result, really poor within the second half as well. First half began well, numerous that was to do with the mistakes of Galatasaray. I don’t think Galatasaray had an important team. It’s still a team Liverpool should beat and will undergo.
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‘So, I’m still 98 per cent. It was 99 a few weeks ago. So, I still think Liverpool will undergo.
‘But, this can be a worry for the for the manager and the team. What we saw tonight is what we saw in early on the group stages away to Galatasaray early on the season.
‘This team is just 1,000,000 miles off where it was speculated to be this season which was that we’d be talking about them in the identical light the way in which we talk about Bayern Munich without delay. That was the entire point of Liverpool spending over £400 million in the summertime was to go the following step from winning the Premier League to go and win the Champions League.
‘And we’re talking a couple of team who’ve now got to vary a deficit against Galatasaray, which I believe they are going to, but I don’t have any hope for Liverpool going any further than that if it’s Paris Saint-Germain in the following round as I believe it might be, and that’s that for me is a giant worry.
‘And it’s not only a defeat, I believe the performances from Liverpool this season are a giant worry for the manager. I believe I said on this show within the group stage he’s got to do something, he’s got to vary something. He’s tried the whole lot really, in numerous alternative ways, but nothing seems to find a way to work and it’s just at no stage this season have I ever felt Liverpool were in charge of a football match.
‘It’s either end-to-end basketball, so he desired to stop that and alter that, after which it becomes slow and boring and predictable.
‘Do I believe one other manager could are available in right away, or any manager, say you give him that squad, I don’t think it dramatically changes.
‘I actually do think the makeup of the squad, the way it’s been put together, the shortage of options in certain areas, is a is a giant problem as well. So it’s not only all in regards to the manager but as we all know, managers carry the can.’
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