Former Manchester City defender Micah Richards has launched a scathing criticism of three Liverpool players — Conor Bradley, Milos Kerkez, and Alexander Isak — following the Reds’ 2–1 defeat to Manchester United at Anfield over the weekend.
Richards said the trio have failed to replicate last season’s form, describing them as “shadows of the players they once were.”
Liverpool’s loss marked their third straight Premier League defeat and fourth in all competitions, leaving Arne Slot’s side in fourth place — four points behind leaders Arsenal.
Speaking on during a podcast, Richards said:
“Liverpool, at the moment, it’s just not happening. Kerkez looks a shadow of the player last year for Bournemouth.
I watched Conor Bradley… he’s a shadow of that player this season in the Liverpool side. When he goes forward, it’s like in his head he’s thinking, ‘I need to release the ball to somebody,’ but he can do it.”
Richards also took aim at Liverpool’s big-money signing Alexander Isak, who joined from Newcastle United in the summer.
“If you spend over £100 million on [Florian] Wirtz and Isak, they should be ready to go. Isak is a shadow of the player. This whole debacle of what happened in the summer, it’s showing. He’s not fit.”
The defeat handed Manchester United their first win at Anfield in nearly a decade and their first back-to-back victories under new boss Ruben Amorim.
Liverpool will be looking to bounce back when they face Eintracht Frankfurt in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday.
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