That’s the view of pundit Garth Crooks.

The Reds were hammered by Tottenham in a 4-1 rout at Wembley yesterday, leaving Klopp’s side 12 points behind league leaders Manchester City.

And Crooks says it’s time Liverpool axed Klopp, claiming Ancelotti, who was sacked by Bayern Munich last month, is the ideal replacement.

“As for Liverpool, let us be frank with each other,” Crooks said to BBC Sport.

“They are a great club with amazing history and they deserve a manager to reflect those points.

“There are few managers in the world who can take the title to Anfield but I believe former Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich boss Carlo Ancelotti is one of those.

“The blind spot causing current Reds boss Jurgen Klopp not to see the deficiencies in his defence is becoming seriously embarrassing and must be affecting players like Philippe Coutinho, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.

“I said at the beginning of the season that it was madness to turn down the £100m-plus offer from Barcelona for Coutinho and not use that money to build a defence worthy of challenging for the title.

“Having rejected that extraordinary offer, Liverpool executives are now forced to rethink the club's strategy and fix what is an obvious problem.

“The man that can do that is Ancelotti and they must get him now while he's available.”