Carragher: Klopp's squad not good enough

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The former Liverpool defender has urged the club's new manager to spend in January and strengthen a side he believes has glaring weaknesses.

Jamie Carragher has praised the impact made by new Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp at Anfield, but says his current squad is not good enough.

Klopp has overseen impressive victories away at Manchester City and Chelsea in the Premier League, as well as a thumping 6-1 win at Southampton in the League Cup quarter-finals.

However, his side have also suffered several disappointing results, including Saturday's defeat at West Ham, and Carragher believes it is vital he strengthens his squad.

"He's done very well," Carragher said.

"He's had some disappointing results, but that's to be expected because the reason you change your manager is because the squad before or the results aren't going too well.

"It's not his squad and it's not the best squad and obviously that's why the manager was changed but he's had some outstanding results too."

Carragher said Liverpool's 1-0 League Cup semi-final first leg win over Stoke City was an important result for the German, who is now in a good position to reach a cup final in his first season at Anfield.

"Getting the result [against Stoke] was a great one because it puts Liverpool in a good position to get into a cup final," the former defender said.

"If he can win a trophy in his first season it would be a great start because that's something that got thrown at Brendan Rodgers, he hadn't won any silverware in three years.