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John Arne Riise: 'Liverpool's squad depth is not strong enough'

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Former Liverpool defender John Arne Riise is "scared" that the Reds' squad depth is not strong enough to see them sustain a Premier League title challenge.
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Former Liverpool defender John Arne Riise believes that a lack of squad depth could end up costing the Reds the Premier League title.

Jurgen Klopp's injury problems have been piling up this season, with Harvey Elliott, Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita all out for the long-term while James Milner, Curtis Jones and Joe Gomez have missed a chunk of games recently.

Liverpool are also set to make do without Keita, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah during next year's Africa Cup of Nations, and Riise is "scared" that a lack of options could harm their hopes of glory.

Speaking to talkSPORT, the Norwegian said: "I'm a little bit concerned about the depth in the squad. I don't think we have the top, top players when we lose (players). Like last season, when we lost (Virgil) van Dijk and a few other players, you could see we struggled.

"I'm scared it could be the same this year. When people are injured, suspended or even for the African Nations Cup when we lose some players, I'm a little bit worried that it is where the title is going decided. I don't think we are strong enough depth-wise in the long-run with Manchester City or Chelsea."

Defeat to West Ham United in Sunday's Premier League encounter leaves Liverpool fourth in the table after 11 games - four points adrift of leaders Chelsea.

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Premier League Table
TeamPWDLFAGDPTS
1Liverpool108111961325
2Manchester CityMan City1072121111023
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest10541147719
4Chelsea105322012818
5Arsenal105321711618
6Aston Villa105321715218
7Tottenham HotspurSpurs1051422111116
8Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton104421714316
9Fulham104331413115
10Bournemouth104331312115
11Newcastle UnitedNewcastle104331010015
12Brentford104151920-113
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd10334912-312
14West Ham UnitedWest Ham103251319-611
15Leicester CityLeicester102441418-410
16Everton102351017-79
17Crystal Palace10145813-57
18Ipswich TownIpswich100551021-115
19Southampton10118719-124
20Wolverhampton WanderersWolves100371427-133
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