Djimi Traore has challenged his former Liverpool teammate Jamie Carragher over the latter’s criticism of present Reds defender Ibrahima Konate.
The pundit known as out our quantity 5 over his defending for Erling Haaland’s purpose in our 3-0 defeat to Manchester Metropolis on Sunday and stated (through Sky Sports activities) that the 26-year-old has ‘gone lacking’ in a number of video games this season and has been ‘an enormous drawback’ in away matches.
It wasn’t the primary time that the Bootle native took purpose on the Frenchman in latest months, having described the centre-back’s efficiency in opposition to Bournemouth in August as ‘completely surprising‘.
Traore challenges Carragher over Konate criticism
Traore felt compelled to take to X and voice his disagreement with Carragher over the latter’s essential observations about Konate.
The previous Mali worldwide posted (with some grammatical corrections made): ‘My pricey good friend @Carra23, normally I agree along with your opinion more often than not about soccer generally, however this time I disagree about your [criticism of] Ibou Konaté’s performances.
‘Final yr he was probably the greatest centre-backs within the Premier League. This season all of the LFC crew have underperformed.’
Carragher didn’t take umbrage at Traore difficult his views as he calmly replied: ‘That’s completely high-quality, my pricey good friend!’
Konate’s performances have been worryingly inconsistent
It’s not simply the Sky Sports activities pundit who’s been vocal in his criticism of Konate’s performances this season, with others additionally taking purpose on the 26-year-old, who to be truthful had proven enchancment in latest matches.
Nonetheless, the Frenchman can have been disenchanted to have been crushed so simply within the air by Haaland for Man Metropolis’s first purpose yesterday, whereas he was additionally impetuous together with his positioning for the incident which resulted within the house aspect being awarded a contentious penalty.
Traore is correct in saying that the previous RB Leipzig man was excellent all through Liverpool’s Premier League title triumph final time period, however our quantity 5 hasn’t proven the identical consistency within the first three months of the present marketing campaign.
Nor does it assist that Konate is into the ultimate eight months of his contract at Anfield, with hypothesis over a possible transfer to Actual Madrid refusing to go away as he approaches a significant crossroads over his future.
We’ve seen over the previous 4 years simply how magnificent the France defender will be when he’s at his greatest – hopefully he’ll present that on a extra frequent foundation after the worldwide break. LFC will want him to take action.
You’ll be able to watch Slot’s full post-Man Metropolis press convention through Empire of the Kop on YouTube:
