Phil Thompson has offered a solution to Liverpool’s defensive crisis

The neutrals don't want a defensively sound Liverpool, they want more 5-4s.

But, of course, the back four will be a cause for concern for Jurgen Klopp, with the Reds having conceded seven goals in their last three Premier League games. Former Liverpool player and caretaker manager Phil Thompson believes that there is one man who would shore up Klopp's leaky defence, and that man is captaining the Reds' Capital One Cup semi-final opponents, Stoke City. Thompson told Sky Sports: "When Liverpool evaluate at the end of the season and look at the sort of goals they conceded, I wouldn't be averse to see them looking towards [Ryan] Shawcross as a solution. "In fact I think he would be absolutely ideal and he's been one of the most underrated centre-backs over the last five seasons. You just have to look at Stoke's stats with and without him." Fair point, Thommo.