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Simon Jordan has dismissed Jamie Carragher's suggestion that there is cause for Liverpool to be "concerned" after the opening eight fixtures of the new season — and aimed a dig at Alexander Isak.
Arne Slot's side is top of the Premier League and has won once and lost once in the Champions League, but its last two matches have ended in defeats. Liverpool lost 2-1 at Crystal Palace and then 1-0 against Galatasaray.
In the aftermath of the second loss, Carragher was critical on CBS Sports. He said that Liverpool's start to the season, despite it winning games, was a warning sign, and that scoring late winners every week cannot last.
Carragher compared Liverpool's style to playing basketball because of its end-to-end nature. It would also be fair to suggest that Ibrahima Konate has not started the campaign well and Slot's defense has been wide open at times.
"I like Jamie, and I think a lot of the time what Jamie says is worth listening to," Jordan said on talkSPORT. "In this instance, he’s making noise on a television show to create some sort of reaction in it. You’re top of the Premier League.
"You may not be playing particularly well but I think the key component of any side is if you can win the majority of the games that you’re playing, whilst not playing very well, there ain’t too much wrong with you.
"And if you’ve got the assembled parts... I mean, I’m quite glad that [Alexander] Isak hasn’t hit the ground running because I’d like to see him struggle a little bit.
"Mean-spirited of me, I know, but notwithstanding it, I look at it and think to myself, ‘Well, what is there to worry about, really?'"
Jordan didn't elaborate on why he would like Isak to "struggle" but was critical of the striker forcing an exit from Newcastle in the summer.
When put to him that Liverpool may look worse since their huge summer spend, Jordan sarcastically said: "Ooo, they’ve lost a couple of games. They’re top of the Premier League.
"They lost to Nottingham Forest at home last season in their first four games. The only difference in this situation is they haven’t looked as assured…
"I remember watching Liverpool in the first game of the season [2024/25] against Ipswich away, and they weren’t looking great then either. So let’s get things into context.
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"They’re top of the Premier League, they’ve lost to [Crystal] Palace, who’ve not been beaten by anybody in 18 games, including some of the best teams in the country, so there’s no great shame there.
"The fact is is that because they’ve spent £400million, over three transfer windows like we’ve discussed previously, not as a result of a £400million spend every single window.
"They’ve replaced some players that were forced to be playing through tragedies, which increased expenditure they probably wouldn’t have had to do in the first place. So, they’re just going through a little bit of a blip for five seconds."
Liverpool only has one more game before the October international break. Slot's side faces Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in the late kick-off on Saturday.
Liverpool.com says: Carragher is right that the Reds need to improve their performances. Things are yet to click and they remain in a good position in all competitions, so that is a good starting point. In time, Florian Wirtz and co will go up a level.
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