That’s the opinion of former Aston Villa and Bayern Munich hitman Alan McInally in the wake of the Reds’ 2-0 Carabao Cup defeat to Leicester on Tuesday night.

Liverpool sit eighth in the Premier League having picked up eight points from their opening five games of the season.

In three of those matches they’ve scored just one or zero goals - a stat which could be all important come the end of the campaign.

Liverpool also failed to get on the scoresheet against Leicester, despite having 21 efforts.

And McInally says they need to follow the lead of United and Manchester City by taking more chances.

Speaking on Sky Sports News, McInally said: "Liverpool have a problem putting the ball in the back of the net.

"Complete and utter dominance they had in the first half but they can't put teams away. It's a big problem for him [Jurgen Klopp].

"I said at the time, he must be utterly deflated, Jurgen Klopp. Your team can look so good but go in at half-time 0-0.

"And when he substituted Philippe Coutinho at half-time, Liverpool didn't look anywhere near as threatening.

"He had an opportunity with the transfer window to strengthen the football team.

"Danny Ings was on the bench last night and he came on in the second half.

"Once Ings gets his fitness, he might make a difference and they are definitely missing [suspended] Sadio Mane - that's massive.

"And I don't think they are ruthless enough in the final third. They have to be as ruthless as Man City and Man United in scoring goals.

"The amount of chances they had and the possession they had, when they go in at half-time, they probably thought 'we'll still win this'."