Injuries are costing Liverpool dearly says Rio Ferdinand after Reds’ defeat to Nottingham Forest

Rio Ferdinand believes that the variety of accidents Liverpool are having to cope with is hampering their performances.

Thiago Alcantara was additionally a late withdrawal after struggling an ear an infection. Andy Robertson and Jordan Henderson have additionally hung out on the sidelines this season.

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Saturday’s consequence implies that Liverpool have now misplaced three of their 11 Premier League video games – yet another than the had misplaced in the entire of the 2021-22 marketing campaign.

After 11 matches, Liverpool are seventh and 4 factors behind fourth-placed Chelsea who’ve a sport in hand.

“There’s little doubt that the accidents they’ve had, to massive key gamers as nicely, is affecting them,” stated Ferdinand on BT Sport.

“It is going to have an effect on any group. You are taking 4 or 5 massive gamers – starters – out of any group, together with Man Metropolis, it’ll take the sting off their performances.

“He [Steve Cooper] shall be sitting there going, ‘we may have had three or 4 right now”, stated Ferdinand.

“It’s not solely that Liverpool had possibilities – Virgil van Dijk may most likely have had a hat-trick on one other day – however you possibly can say that Alison was one of many higher gamers on Liverpool group when it comes to the saves he needed to make as nicely.”

In the meantime, Peter Crouch admitted that Liverpool have been ‘not at their finest’.

“You’ll be able to’t gown that up,” he added.

“There have been nonetheless possibilities. I believed from set items they have been very harmful, they’d free headers, Van Dijk had some possibilities.

“I simply assume [Mohamed] Salah down the center could not discover the area and he is the important thing man. If you cannot get him on the ball, you are going to wrestle.”