The Reds earned a 2-2 draw against Marco Silva’s side in Saturday afternoon’s Premier League opener but could have seen themselves walk away with nothing after a spirited display from the Whites and Aleksandar Mitrovic in particular. Getty Mitrovic was the star of the show at Craven Cottage Getty Nunez let Liverpool out of jail but not brought on until second half Goals from Darwin Nunez and Mohamed Salah were enough to get Klopp’s side out of jail on this occasion, but according to the former Tottenham midfielder, the club boss must take some responsibility for how badly things went afternoon. Speaking on talkSPORT’s new Gameday Phone-In, O’Hara said: “It was a bad result for Liverpool, you don’t draw against Fulham in the first game of the season if you have title aspirations. “Nunez had to start, for me, it’s very disappointing from Jurgen Klopp for this decision. “Nunes came off the bench and caused chaos. If he starts the game, Liverpool will probably win this game comfortably. “Fulham were excellent, they chased Liverpool. Liverpool didn’t turn up, in my opinion, I thought they were shocking in the first half and didn’t really get going. When Nunes came in, they changed a little.” O’Hara added: “For me, Liverpool have lost Sadio Mane and I don’t think they’ve replaced him yet.
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“I don’t think Luis Diaz will get the same numbers that Mane got and that could be a mistake. I really think that will be a mistake from Liverpool.” O’Hara also sent a message to Klopp about the need to sign a midfielder following an injury to Thiago at Craven Cottage. He said: “After Thiago’s injury, Liverpool’s midfield ended up being Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Harvey Elliott – come on, get your portfolio out! “You have to sign a midfielder because if Thiago gets injured more, he struggles!” AFP O’Hara also believes Liverpool should enter the market following Thiago’s injury However, Klopp disagreed and hinted again after the game that Liverpool would not overreact and dip into the transfer market to cover their midfield injury problems. He said: “We’ll see. A transfer has to make sense now and in the long term. “We have eight midfielders, we still have several midfielders. It’s not that we lack midfielders, it’s just that some of them are injured. “And I know, part of the football business is nervous now. We are not. But this is not a good situation, I don’t like it at all. “We have to see how we react to that – certainly, not panicking.”
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