Liverpool legend Graeme Souness has big concerns after their Champions League defeat to FC Basel.Liverpool failed to score for only the second time in their last 28 Champions League games and former player and manager Souness believes they are struggling to cope without the goal power that Luis Suarez and Daniel Sturridge provided last season.
He told Sky Sports: "Last year they were effervescent, they were bubbly and it didn't matter how a game was going because sooner or later they were going to dominate the ball and be on the attack. There was wave after wave of attacks and Suarez was continually scoring goals - and Sturridge as well.
"This year they look a shadow of that team. They look as if they have dropped not one or two notches down the ladder, but several.
"Tonight they were lightweight. You can talk all you want about tactics and formations, but if every one of the midfielders isn't winning challenges and the other team keeps taking the ball off you then you're always going to be on the back foot.
"They played against a Basel team, who are arguably - when you look at the two games in the group - worse than Ludogorets. Real Madrid did not have an easy trip there.
"Liverpool still have to go there and after the next two games against Real Madrid they could find themselves in a very difficult situation.
"They have to get their form back and they have to get it back quickly."
