Neville: Slott must get Kyle Kaede now Liverpool reminds me of Manchester United

October 27th Manchester United legend Gary Neville said on the Sky Sports program that Liverpool's new aid Kyle Kez is "becoming a hidden danger" and should be given the starting start in the next Premier League game against Villa.

On Liverpool's recent setbacks

Neville: I actually think that of the games they lost, there were quite a few that they could have won, conversely, if they had taken their chances.

About the team's defensive issues

Neville: At the beginning of the season, I felt that something was wrong with their full-backs. Maybe Konate was also wrong at times. It was Van Dijk and Alisson who supported them in front of the goal. You have two world-class players in Virgil van Dijk and Alisson, but this virus is spreading. Now it's not just the left-back.

On Kyle Keys and right back

Neville: The left back is becoming a hidden danger. He, Kyle Katz, scored last night, but watching him play, I thought he had to be taken.

I'm worried about the right back. Frimpong is not a right-back. Bradley got his chance and I support that because I think he's talented, but it's difficult when your team is conceding goals and the pressure is on.

On Slaughter's insistence on using the same players

Neville: If he continues to play Kyle Katz at left-back, continues to play Bradley at right-back, and the midfield continues to be as exposed as it is now, you're going to keep getting the same results.

Every game you're flipping a coin, thinking: 'Are we going to win or are we going to lose?', and that's not how Liverpool should be, given their performance over the past 12 months.

About Sloter

Neville: I like this head coach very much, I like the way he works, I like his attitude in the press conference, he doesn't seem to panic at all.

But deep down, he seemed to have to intervene. He cannot continue to allow the same thing to happen every week.

On the similarities between Liverpool and Manchester United in the Ferguson era

Neville: Slott’s Liverpool really reminds me of the team we had at Manchester United. We also go through those crazy periods where we drop goals. It seemed like we were always scoring goals, but defensively we were a mess. That wasn't always the case, but there were a few times that I remember.

About Ferguson's response

Neville: What he, Sir Alex Ferguson, would do is, he would probably put John O'Shea at left-back and myself or Wes Brown at right-back, almost sending four centre-backs, and then really narrowing the midfield to make them more solid.

On how Slott should follow

Neville: One thing you can guarantee is that with Salah, Ekitic, Wirtz, Isak, Gakpo and the rest of the players they have, they will always score.

So those seven players, plus the goalkeeper, have the responsibility to make sure they are solid defensively and that they are not always wide open or exposed. It sounds conservative, it sounds like going back to base camp and starting from scratch, but sometimes you have to do that.

When everything gets crazy, chaotic and crazy, which is the case with Liverpool at the moment, you have to find a solid base, and that means putting in players who can maintain a narrow back four, block space, win duels, make sure you don't concede the ball easily, move the ball forward faster than before and stop it from being passed around in midfield.

Play more directly because you know your front three can win you games. This has happened so many times at Manchester United and I just wonder if it's time for Slott to simplify his tactics and pull back the defense.