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Jamie Carragher slams Dejan Lovren for continuing to make the ‘same mistake’ at Liverpool


Dejan Lovren has been criticised by former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher (Picture: Getty)

Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has hit out at Dejan Lovren for trying to ‘fight everyone he plays against’ and failing to learn from his mistakes.

Lovren was on the receiving end of widespread criticism for his part in Liverpool’s 3-0 loss away to Watford last month which was the first time Jurgen Klopp’s side had suffered defeat in the Premier League this season.

The Croatian centre-back got into a physical battle with Watford captain Troy Deeney but came off second best and got bullied for most of the afternoon at Vicarage Road.

After Watford’s victory, Deeney praised Virgil van Dijk but picked out Lovren as the weak link of Liverpool’s defence.

Lovren got the better of Deeney at Vicarage Road (Picture: Getty)

‘Virgil van Dijk is a class act and, for me, is probably in the top five defenders in the world,’ the Hornets skipper told Sky Sports.

‘It is tough to get anything from him; he is 6ft 6ins, fast and strong, so you try to pick on the weaker of the two. 

‘I don’t want to be disrespectful to Lovren and say he is the weaker of the two but I knew he wanted to fight me as well, and that is my game, so if you want to try and fight me you are going to have to be in for a tough night.

‘He did that for the first goal, trying to fight me for the throw-in and then I obviously rolled him and we scored. He is trying to fight me instead of watching the ball and we scored.’

Carragher ripped into Lovren on the Maych X Pajak Podcast

Former Liverpool defender Carragher has urged Lovren to finally learn from the errors which have cost the side on multiple occasions throughout his stay on Merseyside.

‘I’ve watched Lovren in a Liverpool shirt for so long making the same mistake,’ the former Liverpool defender told the Maych X Pajak Podcast.

‘He wants to fight everyone he plays against. 

‘Harry Kane started this season and stands on Lovren, just uses his body and knocks him out the way.

He’s 28, he should have learnt by now. There’s no problem letting Deeney bring the ball down.’

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