Liverpool dropped points at Anfield on Sunday as they could only muster a 2-2 draw with struggling West Ham.

Adam Lallana had given Jurgen Klopp’s side an early lead and it looked like they were well on their way to a tenth league victory, yet the Hammers hit back through Dimitri Payet’s free-kick, and then Michail Antonio got the better of Joel Matip and Loris Karius to give Slaven Bilic’s side the lead.

However, a Darren Randolph error allowed Divock Origi to equalise minutes into the second half, but the West Ham goalkeeper than made amends by making a stunning save from Jordan Henderson to preserve a point for the visitors.

The result means that Klopp’s Liverpool have won just one of their last four league games, and now find themselves six points adrift of league leaders Chelsea, who beat West Brom 1-0 on Sunday.

Nonetheless, it has still been a fine start to the season for the Reds, who have beaten Arsenal, Chelsea, and Leicester to underline their title credentials.

They are third in the division, but a few defensive errors in the last few games suggests that they may come up short in the title race.

Thus, here are TWO Liverpool players who need to improve in the coming weeks…

Loris Karius

Loris Karius has not had a great start to his Liverpool career.

Signed from Mainz in the summer, the 23-year-old was thrown straight in as the Reds’ number one, and did reasonably well in his first few games.

However, the busier he has become, the more errors he has made, and it has shown in the last few weeks that he’s not quite good enough yet to be dependable.

He fumbled Steve Cook’s shot at Bournemouth, which led to Nathan Ake’s winning goal, and he should have saved Dimitri Payet’s free-kick against West Ham on Sunday.

Questions have been asked but Klopp remains firm that he’s his number one, yet more costly errors will surely give the Liverpool boss something to think about.

Karius needs to improve over the coming weeks should he retain a starting berth.

Roberto Firmino

Harsh possibly, but when Liverpool have needed Roberto Firmino to really step up in recent weeks, he hasn’t.

Yes he has scored five and laid on three assists this season, incidentally both of which are less than Sadio Mane and Philippe Coutinho, but the last four Premier League games has seen the Brazilian international struggle to make an impact in the final third.

It was noticeable against West Ham how much he is missing Coutinho’s influence, and Firmino has now gone four games without a goal or an assist.

It’s hardly a crisis, but when Liverpool have drawn two and lost one of those four games, those contributions become magnified.

In Coutinho’s absence, they need Firmino to step up and, as of yet, he hasn’t.