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Emile Heskey: This is what Liverpool must do to compete

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Emile Heskey, speaking exclusively to 888sport, has revealed that he feels as though the Reds need to add more defenders before we can seriously challenge, with January up next.

The summer window was targeted as a big moment for us ahead of the season but we failed to achieve what we needed to do most of all, get in a new centre-half.

Of course, the idea was to get Virgil van Dijk in but we failed at doing that pretty spectacularly and we’ve sorely paid with our loss to Tottenham the latest embarrassing showing from our defenders.

Clearly, we’re not going to be competing for the title this season now and if we want a top four finish Heskey feels as though we need to bring in some more options at the back.

He was asked: What key areas do you think this current Liverpool need to address in January to cement a top 4 finish and who do you think would have an impact?

To which he said: “It goes without saying that defensively they’re not as sound as they could be. I don’t know if it’s personnel or if it’s not fully understanding the shape of their defending. When you look at the old Arsenal sides they would devote whole training sessions to their defensive shape. Everyone says it is personnel but only time will tell when they get someone else in and if it stays the same.”

Read the full 888sport interview with Emile Heskey, including his thoughts on how Liverpool’s current front three compare to the Suarez era

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