Liverpool news: Alberto Moreno is making Dejan Lovren look like a mug - Dean Saunders

DEJAN LOVREN has a right to be annoyed at the likes of Liverpool left-back Alberto Moreno.

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That is the view of former Liverpool striker turned pundit Dean Saunders. 

Liverpool have failed to resolve the defensive issues that almost scuppered their chances of securing Champions League football last season. 

This was highlighted in their most recent defeat to Leicester in the Carabao Cup with the Reds defence failing to keep the Foxes at bay as they went onto win 2-0 at the King Power Stadium. 

Lovren and Moreno did not feature for in Tuesday’s defeat. 

But they have been at the centre of criticism at Anfield for their poor defensive displays this term.  

However, Saunders reckons Lovren could prove those critics wrong if he had the protection around him like he did when he was at Southampton.

He also admitted that he feels sorry for the Croatia international and would not blame him for being annoyed at Moreno. 

“I feel sorry for [Dejan] Lovren,” Saunders told talkSPORT.

“I don’t think they get that much protection either. 

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Dejan Lovren has a right to be annoyed at Liverpool team-mates like Alberto Moreno - Dean Saunders

If I was Lovren I’d have him by the throat, saying: ‘you’re making me look like a mug

Dejan Lovren

“You’ve got to look at [Alberto] Moreno playing like a left winger.

“If I was Lovren I’d have him by the throat, saying: ‘you’re making me look like a mug. You’re leaving a big gap along the side of me and I’m not the quickest in the world. And I have world class players running at me every week.’”

Liverpool take on Leicester again in the Premier League on Saturday (5:30pm). 

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