Jamie Carragher says Liverpool's biggest weakness with their high defensive line was exposed by Aston Villa.
The Reds crashed to a shock 7-2 defeat which saw Ollie Watkins score a hat-trick before revealing post-match his side had worked on breaking Liverpool's high line.
Carragher argued that Liverpool's determination to try and catch teams offside is costing them at least one chance a game.
Speaking on Sky Sports, the former Liverpool defender said he was stunned Jurgen Klopp's side persisted with the high line when it clearly was not working.
He said: "I was almost laughing. I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
"You don't really associate this with this Liverpool team. It's a shocking result and performance. Certainly the worst under Jurgen Klopp no doubt about that.
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"It seemed very early on Liverpool did not start this game well. In the first few minutes there was danger there for them and it was interesting listening to Ollie Watkins saying they worked on Liverpool's high line.
"For me, even though Liverpool have got a good defensive record, I don't like them trying to catch teams offside. I don't agree with it.
"Being a defender and having played that position myself this team play a lot higher up the pitch. They almost sacrifice one big chance a game with the opposition going through on goal.
"When someone beats your press around midfield and they're not far from your back four you've got to get ready to go back.
"And I just couldn't believe that it was Virgil van Dijk at the back to actually say 'listen boys the game's gone, it's 5-2, let's just step back. Let's not make this any worse'. And it did get worse."
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