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Jurgen Klopp has been 'BLINKERED' this season and his refusal to change his system has 'exposed' his rookie defenders, blasts Paul Merson as he tells Liverpool flops 'you cannot keep hiding behind Virgil van Dijk's injury'

Jurgen Klopp has been 'blinkered' this season and his refusal to change system has 'exposed' his rookie defenders, according to Paul Merson.

The Sky Sports pundit has called on the underperforming Reds to stop 'hiding behind Virgil van Dijk's injury' as they look to recover from six home defeats in a row.

Liverpool are languishing in eighth place in the Premier League and face RB Leipzig in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie tonight, and Merson says it is time for Klopp to make changes.

Jurgen Klopp has been 'blinkered' in refusing to change system this season, says Paul Merson
The Sky Sports pundit wrote in his weekly column that Klopp needed to change to a back three

'This is hard to say but I think Jurgen Klopp has been a bit blinkered at Liverpool,' he wrote in his column for Sky Sports.