Former Liverpool midfielder, Jamie Redknapp, said Jurgen Klopp’s team could miss out on the top four.
Klopp’s men currently sit sixth in the table, five points behind fourth-place West Ham, and suffered another injury blow with captain Jordan Henderson facing two months out with a groin problem.
“They might not finish top four,” Redknapp told Sky Sports. “It wouldn’t be a surprise – it’s actually more of a surprise if they did finish top four in the form they’re in.
“You’re trying to work in a system but confidence is low. You can talk about the team playing higher up the pitch, all these little factors, but if you’re conceding goals all the time, and that fear factor is gone, it doesn’t really matter what you do because Liverpool are just struggling for confidence.
“Everton went there and as soon as they scored that first goal you could see the players’ shoulders start to go, they started to lose belief in what they were doing and it is inevitable you end up losing games.
“And that back two, right now, whoever they end up with because of the personnel they have at their disposal, is a team which would struggle. That’s not a good back four in any team in the Premier League, let alone Liverpool who are the title-holders.
“There’s nothing to be scared of about Liverpool right now. This is a team you can get after, certainly defensively, make sure you don’t give away silly mistakes or let Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino or Sadio Mane do something special, and you’ve got every chance of winning it because the midfield and defence is decimated.”