Jamie Carragher says Liverpool \u201cwon\u2019t win the league\u201d if Arne Slot doesn\u2019t \u201csolve\u201d a problem that Bournemouth exposed on Friday night.<\/p>\n
The Premier League champions kicked off the 2025\/26 season with a thrilling 4-2 win over Andoni Iraola\u2019s side<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Summer signing Hugo Ekitike opened the scoring on a superb Premier League debut before Cody Gakpo made it 2-0 four minutes into the second half.<\/p>\n Liverpool<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0looked open at the back all game and they were eventually made to pay when Antoine Semenyo finished a swift counter-attack that exposed substitute Wataru Endo at right-back.<\/p>\n Twelve minutes after halving the deficit, Semenyo punished the Reds in transition again, drilling a lovely left-footed shot into the bottom corner to level proceedings.<\/p>\n F365 SAYS:\u00a0Liverpool chaos, Hugo Ekitike debut proves Alexander Isak would be luxury signing<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Bournemouth could have gone on to win the game but Federico Chiesa\u2019s first Premier League goal in the 88th minute helped Liverpool get all three points, with Mohamed Salah<\/strong><\/a> adding a fourth deep into stoppage time.<\/p>\n Liverpool\u2019s gung-ho approach left the club\u2019s former defender, Carragher<\/strong><\/a>, astonished. On punditry duty for Sky Sports, the 47-year-old slammed the Reds\u2019 \u201cabsolutely shocking\u201d approach to the game when 2-1 up.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is unbelievable,\u201d Carragher said on Friday Night Football after the game. \u201cIt\u2019s fantastic from Semenyo \u2013 but Liverpool have had this problem.<\/p>\n \u201cHow many players were ahead of the ball \u2013 maybe eight players \u2013 when they were winning 2-1? That can\u2019t happen. It\u2019s absolutely shocking at this level.<\/p>\n \u201cFor Semenyo to run that far and get his shot away is incredible \u2013 but where Konate is going? He had a really, really poor night tonight at centre-back.\u201d<\/p>\n Carragher emphasised how easy it was for Bournemouth to cut through Slot\u2019s side and is convinced the Dutch head coach has to change his approach.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is not right. It\u2019s not,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s only game on top of the Community Shield \u2013 but I\u2019ve watched enough football in my life. This idea that everyone bombs forward, it\u2019s not for me. I don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n \u201cAt no time last week in the Community Shield did I ever feel Liverpool were in control of the game. You can draw 2-2 with Palace, that can happen. But it\u2019s how easy Crystal Palace could get at Liverpool, how easy it was tonight.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the first half, Bournemouth should have been at least 2-0 up at one stage.\u201d<\/p>\n Liverpool have signed teenage defender Giovanni Leoni to provide more depth at the back, while Crystal Palace\u2019s Marc Guehi remains a transfer target<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n It was a difficult evening for Ibrahima Konate next to Virgil van Dijk and Carragher, who described the former as \u201cabsolutely shocking\u201d during commentary, isn\u2019t sure the personnel matters when Slot\u2019s tactics is leaving the two centre-backs so exposed and isolated.<\/p>\n