Liverpool legend John Aldridge accepts rivals in the media are enjoying Jurgen Klopp's current struggles.
Ahead of last night's Champions League win against RB Leipzig, Aldridge wrote for the Sunday World: "I'm as shocked as anyone by the demise of a great team, with Sunday's 1-0 home defeat against Fulham the new low point for a set of players who have fallen off the rails inexplicably.
"It's not acceptable for a Liverpool team to lose six games in a row at home and I'm sure Klopp is as confused as anyone by the fall of a team that brought the club so much success over the last few years.
"Yet before people get too carried away slagging off Liverpool and delighting in their demise, I'd urge a few notes of caution.
"Gary Neville has been leading the chorus of ridicule flowing in the direction of Klopp and his team and they have collapsed horribly and I can understand where the critics are coming from.
"These guys got fed up with two or three years of persistent praise for Liverpool and now they have their moment to strike back.
"I have followed a similar path myself in recent years, as I've had a good laugh at the disappearance of Manchester United as Premier League title contenders since Alex Ferguson stepped down as their manager and that's all part of the game.
"We like to see our rivals fail and we celebrate their misery when it comes along, so I understand where Neville and his fellow United and Everton fans are coming from as they wade in on Klopp gleefully.
"This is a crash of disastrous proportions for Liverpool and no one saw it coming at the turn of the year, but I don't think it will take too much to turn it around."
