Liverpool's front three have been told they need to be scoring at least a goal every other game as they continue to fire blanks.
The Reds lost 1-0 to Burnley on Thursday night which ended an unbeaten home run that had lasted almost four years.
It was the fourth game on the trot that Jurgen Klopp had failed to see his side score - the first time since 2000 that they've done so in the league.
Sadio Mane was the only one of the establish front three to start against the Clarets with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino both dropped.
Former Red John Aldridge insists the Senegalese star is the only one looking likely to score.
But he lamented their poor form in the final third which threatens to derail their hopes of retaining the title.
He Liverpool Echo : “The front three are getting fingers pointed at them and quite rightly so because you’re paid to score goals.
“You’re on a lot of money to score goals and you have to do it. Centre-forwards have to score one in every two games basically and they’re not doing it.
“It dumbfounds me. A team that is free-scoring the way Liverpool are, to go from one extreme to the other.
"We were all worried about the defence but the defence have been brilliant.
“It’s the attacking part and the front three have lost their mojo.
“Mane looks a threat, more so than Salah or Firmino. They look a pale shadow of the players we know they can be. The ball isn’t falling for them and the confidence isn’t there.
“It just shows when the confidence is down, the play isn’t great, that you snatch at things as well. It’s really worrying. For whatever reason, they're not creating chances.
“We never looked like scoring against Southampton. Newcastle, no.
“That’s the worry. If you’re missing sitters and hitting the woodwork and the goalkeeper is pulling off magnificent saves, but I can’t really remember many in the last couple of games.”
