That’s the verdict of ex-Everton star Kevin Kilbane, who’s echoed the views of his former Republic of Ireland colleague Roy Keane.

Liverpool returned to action in Europe’s elite club competition on Wednesday night and were held to a 2-2 draw by Sevilla.

And Kilbane says the continent’s big boys will have too much for Jurgen Klopp’s side to deal with.

Writing for Boyle Sports, Kilbane said: "Liverpool made a shaky start in the Champions League shipping two goals at home to Sevilla and I’d have to agree with some of the comments this week from the likes of Eamon Dunphy and Roy Keane about their defence.

"Regardless of being down to ten men against Manchester City, they looked so poor defensively. They are wide open and vulnerable any time a team attacks and there doesn’t seem to be any sort of motivation or work going into it. As a result, they won’t mount any serious challenge in the Champions League.

"They may be able to post a decent league finish this season but if they come up against a Juventus, Munich, Madrid, or Barcelona they won’t have anywhere near enough. Look at what Paris Saint-Germain did to Celtic in Glasgow during the week. If Liverpool were to come up against that front three at any stage they wouldn’t be able to compete."

Kilbane’s comments come off the back of Keane slamming the Reds.

Keane said: "This sums up Liverpool in a nutshell, and why they're not going to win any big prizes.

"Just switching off from a throw in, leads to the equaliser. In such an important game, at such an important moment.

"Experienced players just switching off. It must drive the manager crazy as it's just schoolboy defending.

"It's the easiest part of football... just switching on. Liverpool did all the hard stuff really well, in terms of creating chances, pace, power and quality going forward, but Liverpool can't seem to do the easy things.

"Liverpool can forget about winning the Champions League. I mean, they should have enough to get through the group, but in the knockout stages against the Real Madrids and all these boys, they'll be laughing at Liverpool."