Wembley defeat suggested Reds don't look ready

THE ANFIELD GOAL-SCORING LEGEND PULLS NO PUNCHES ON HIS FORMER SIDE

- JOHN ALDRIDGE

THE Premier League season starts tonight - and Liverpool are not ready.

You could see that against Crystal Palace in the Community Shield last Sunday. We started very well but the longer the game went on, Palace appeared sharper and fitter.

Liverpool's preseason programme has been difficult and disrupted for obvious reasons, but it didn’t help they were without their usual midfield at the weekend.

The three lads who played there - Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones and Florian Wirtz - are the three lesser defensively out of all the options available to Arne Slot.