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Social Chatter: Liverpool need to look for another goalkeeper

James Matthews finds Loris Karius become the latest member on the conveyor belt of heavily criticised Liverpool goalkeepers.

Liverpool need to make a goalkeeper their number one priority in the January transfer window.

That was the general weight of opinion on social media following the Reds’ dramatic 4-3 defeat at Bournemouth in the Premier League on Sunday.

Leading 3-1 and seemingly coasting to victory, Liverpool shot themselves in the foot and dropped three valuable points in the title race as Bournemouth produced an unlikely comeback.

And one man stood out for criticism more than the fluorescent shirts his team-mates were wearing - goalkeeper Loris Karius.

Karius’ late spill allowed Nathan Ake to force home the winner for Bournemouth and the 23-year-old German goalkeeper suddenly became the latest name cursed on the conveyor belt of Liverpool stoppers.

A replacement for Karius and Simon Mignolet, the man he deposed from the number one spot earlier in the season, is a must if Liverpool are to be serious title challengers.

But who can they sign? Savage picked out an obvious target along with a centre-back to help reinforce that leaky backline…Manchester City’s Joe Hart and Southampton’s Virgil Van Dijk.

Poor old Karius did have an afternoon to forget and Twitter wasn’t the place to look if he wanted a boost in confidence in the aftermath.

And one Liverpool fan insisted a title challenge is out the question unless a reliable goalkeeper can be found by Jurgen Klopp. He mentioned them too for good measure.

The stats made damning reading too. Prior to the winner going in, Bournemouth had scored three past Karius from just four shots, as Squawka pointed out.

Two Liverpool greats were left deflated after the defeat, which well and truly handed the advantage to Chelsea in the race for the Premier League trophy - even at this early stage of the season.

Ex-striker John Aldridge was “speechless” while former manager Roy Evans hoped the defeat wouldn’t “come back to haunt” Liverpool.

It certainly had a familiar Liverpool-esque nature to it, so it might well do just that.