Carragher urges Liverpool fans not to expect the Liverpool of last season

Jamie Carragher had urged Liverpool to lower their expectations and insists the Reds may not “play like last season”.

The Liverpool legend and Sky Sports pundit believes Jurgen Klopp may have transformed his Liverpool side from last season, a side that can now rely more heavily on their defence in big games.

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The Reds bagged 47 goals in their 15 Champions League matches throughout 2017/18, beating the previous record held by Barcelona (45).

Speaking on Sky Sports, Carragher said: “It’s interesting because the narrative all season has been about when Liverpool are going to start playing like last season.

“However, it may get to the stage where we ask are Liverpool maybe slightly different this season.

“Don’t forget there’s no Philippe Coutinho. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain brought great drive and pace from midfield. The front three were away at the World Cup also. “You’ve now got Virgil van Dijk and a goalkeeper (Alisson).”

He added: “Is it a little bit more like the Liverpool teams I played in?

“Last season I said this team plays football that our teams never played. But it’s actually now going back a little bit to maybe [Rafa] Benitez and [Gerard] Houllier’s sort of time.

“They probably do play a little bit more football than we did but they can actually rely on the defence to win them a game.”

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