Jamie Carragher highlights area that’s ‘still a problem’ for Liverpool despite Leipzig victory

The Reds took a 2-0 advantage following the first leg against the Bunesliga side thanks to goals from Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool celebrates after breaking the deadlock (Getty)

Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool are still to address their “problem” with creating chances despite beating Leipzig 2-0 in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 tie.

Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane struck against the Bundesliga side to take a big step towards qualifying for the quarter-finals, while also ending a three-game losing streak.

But Carragher maintains Jurgen Klopp’s side are still falling short when it comes to creating chances.

“I saw a Liverpool performance that I have seen in the last few weeks. Liverpool’s energy, the pressing has been there for a few weeks and it was there from the start,” the former Liverpool defender said during CBS’s Champions League coverage.

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“I am not trying to take anything away from that result. That’s a magnificent result. That team (Leipzig) is just behind (Bayern) Munich in the Bundesliga and they did really well in the Champions League last season.

“But they haven’t created an awful lot. Then one mistake, the ball has gone into the opposition net, and... they got away with it because of the goalkeeper at 0-0.

“For how well Liverpool played tonight, they still didn’t create an awful lot tonight themselves. For me, going forward that’s still a problem.

“But the actual goals scored were on the back of mistakes and they (Liverpool) were clinical. They still didn’t create an awful lot in the game. Again, I am not being critical.”