Liverpool goalkeeping legend Bruce Grobbelaar is always the first to have a pop at Reds shot-stopper Simon Mignolet, but now admits he has been wrong to criticise the Belgium international after realizing that the mistakes are not down to the 27-year-old former Sunderland No.1.
Speaking on BBC show Sportsworld, Grobbelaar said:
At the moment, they (Liverpool) have a goalkeeper who has been criticised by me quite often, but now I am going to stop my criticism of him. That is because I now know who the true person to blame is. Two years ago I said Mignolet is a great shot-stopper but not the full package, meaning he is not too good with his feet and he doesn’t command his area right. Two years later he is still doing the same, which means it is not Mignolet’s fault but the person who is coaching him. From now on in, he (Achterberg) is the one I’m going to look at. If he can’t right Mignolet’s wrongs in two years, then he shouldn’t be there. Mignolet can become Liverpool’s long-term No.1 if he is coached properly.
