Liverpool hero John Aldridge has urged manager Jurgen Klopp to go defensive when they face Manchester City on Saturday.
The Reds go to the Etihad for the weekend's early kickoff.
Aldridge wrote for the Liverpool Echo: "I know a lot of Manchester City fans and the one thing they always worry about is Liverpool. Whilst they've dictated, it has only been Liverpool that have laid a glove on them so they're not really scared of anyone else.
"Having said that, our form there has just not been good at all in recent seasons, and that's a worry.
"You can't go there - and I'm not questioning anyone at the club or Jurgen Klopp, I wouldn't do that - but you can't go there and play an attacking philosophy in my opinion.
"The new midfield might be full of energy, granted. Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister can hurt them, but they'll need a deep-lying midfield player too. I think Wataru Endo is the only one available at the moment so he'll need to watch his tackles.
"We'll wait and see who he picks but for me you have to go there with the mindset of what we did at Newcastle or almost did at Tottenham when you go down to 10 or nine men - all dig in and defend. That's the only way to beat Man City - frustrate them."