Former Liverpool midfielder Dietmar Hamann has criticized Naby Keita, saying the Guinean international is not good enough to play with the Reds.
The former German national team star, who has made 283 appearances for the famous Merseyside club, cited evidence in the game. Champions League Tuesday night's group stage came up to clarify that Keita is not suitable for the Premier League team because even though he can score goals. But he made a mistake causing the team to concede two important goals that almost gave the Atletico team a point.
"I have to say, I think Keita made a mistake on both goals," Hamann told talkSPORT.
“I know he was a bit injured. But I don't think he's good enough for Liverpool."
"If you score goals like him You should be full of confidence. You have to act in your defensive game. And I felt he needed to have possession when Liverpool got the ball.”
"You shouldn't do that. And he's not good enough to do that. He conceded two goals too easily.”
Hamann pointed out that Keita was too slow to allow Thomas Lemar to pass the ball for Antoine Griezmann to score his first goal for the hosts. Including the goal of Atletico Madrid's 2-2 equalizer, which the African star was Joao Felix snatched the ball to escape comfortably before the French national team striker will take the net to add a grain of two of himself
Then, in the second half, Keita was replaced by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp for Fabinho to replace the sausage city boss, arguing that the Guinean national team star was exhausted from playing for. homeland
"He played three games for Guinea and played in the previous Premier League game," the German manager said.
"45 minutes is good enough for him. I talked to him And it's fine."
However, Hamann cannot help but worry that the former club may face difficulties in winning the title this season. If still let the poor defensive game be a problem because the Reds have already penetrated the net 11 goals in 12 games in all competitions.
“Liverpool's defensive game was too loose because they conceded two goals. But the reason they stayed in the game was because they had Alisson Becker making a few saves. He stood out again.”
“It's something they have to deal with. they won the championship Champions League and Premier League when their defensive game is better than anyone. But on Tuesday they made a mistake and conceded an easy goal.”
