Pundit: This is what Jurgen Klopp must do to win Liverpool the league this season

JURGEN KLOPP must sort out his defence if Liverpool are to win the league.

By Lewis Winter       

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp needs to reduce the amount of goals his side are conceding

That is according to top pundit Garth Crooks.

Klopp's Liverpool are currently level on points at the top of the Premier League with Arsenal and Manchester City.

But they have conceded more goals than six of the other seven teams in the top eight, with Jose Mourinho's Manchester United having conceded one more on 12.

Jurgen Klopp will need his Liverpool defenders to improve if they are to win the Premier League

The Reds are joint top scorers and Crooks believes it is Klopp's duty to fix their leaky defence.

"Philippe Coutinho is currently my favourite player in the Premier League," he told the BBC.

"I said at the start of the season that if anything happened to Coutinho, Liverpool could kiss goodbye to a top-four spot.

"However, what we are seeing now is a vibrant Liverpool being lead by a Brazilian who they must wrap in cotton wool.

 

Philippe Coutinho and Sadio Mane scored in Liverpool's Premier League win over West Brom

"Coutinho makes Adam Lallana, Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Georginio Wijnaldum all buzz.

"If manager Jurgen Klopp can fix his defence in time for the second half of the season Liverpool could be serious title contenders.

"To allow it to drift would be a dereliction of duty."