Liverpool’s luck has now totally dried up.
Arne Slot and Co. had been starting to be referred to as the last-minute males, with targets aplenty occurring proper on the demise this season getting the Reds out of some sticky conditions to make sure the victories stored piling up.
Nonetheless, now, there seems to be vital chinks of their armour, with two defeats in a row, an unfamiliar feeling that the Dutch head coach will not like one bit.
Come the tip of the Champions League conflict away at Galatasaray, it was abundantly clear that Liverpool could not deal with the extreme event in Istanbul, with a Victor Osimhen penalty proving to be the decisive winner for the total throttle hosts.
Dominik Szoboszlai would give away that essential spot-kick, because the Hungarian struggled all through in his adopted right-back spot.
Szoboszlai’s struggles at Galatasaray
After helping Liverpool’s late winner within the final spherical of fixtures on this illustrious competitors, Szoboszlai would have been hoping he may depart his mark on one other European evening in a optimistic method out in Turkey.
Sadly, whereas the 24-year-old has proven clear indicators this season that he can carry out as a right-back, he was uneven all through on this place in opposition to Okan Buruk’s hosts, away from simply clumsily making contact with Barış Alper Yılmaz within the penalty space handy the Tremendous Lig giants the lead.
In truth, Szoboszlai struggled to comprise Yilmaz all evening lengthy, with the previous RB Leipzig man burnt for tempo proper from the get-go by the Turkish winger, solely to be bailed out by Alisson.
That save was to be in useless, nevertheless, because the out-of-sorts Reds quantity eight’s tangle with the identical tough attacker fairly quickly after would result in the disappointing defeat.
Lengthy gone is identical skilful star who struck a pleasant free-kick in opposition to Arsenal, with Szoboszlai bowing out from his unimpressive exhibiting with simply two of his 9 duels being efficiently gained, on prime of shedding possession a excessive 13 instances to his crew’s additional detriment, as per Sofascore.
It will likely be extraordinarily intriguing to see who begins on this right-back spot for Liverpool’s subsequent conflict again within the Premier League in opposition to Chelsea, with Jeremie Frimpong not overlaying himself in a lot glory both for granted winger in Istanbul.
The 4/10 star who should even be benched
There was some technique to Slot’s insanity right here, with Frimpong well-known for his “exceptionally fast” forays ahead even when lining up as a full-back, as he was labelled by pundit Stephen Warnock in pre-season.
Nonetheless, very like Szoboszlai was uncovered as a weak a part of the Dutchman’s lineup, his ex-Bayer Leverkusen teammate additionally notably underperformed all through as a short lived stand-in for the likes of Mohamed Salah.
Frimpong vs Galatasaray | |
|---|---|
Stat | Frimpong |
Minutes performed | 62 |
Targets scored | 0 |
Assists | 0 |
Touches | 34 |
Correct passes | 14/19 (75%) |
Possession misplaced | 16x |
Correct crosses | 1/5 |
Profitable dribbles | 0/1 |
Whole duels gained | 2/9 |
Stats by Sofascore | |
Certainly, the often electrical ahead choice for Slot was nowhere to be discovered on Turkish soil, with Frimpong occurring to finish zero profitable dribbles from his 62-minute stint, whereas additionally infuriating the likes of Hugo Ekitike up prime when amassing only one correct cross from his hour or so on the pitch.
On prime of all this, Frimpong would additionally quit possession a expensive 16 instances when Liverpool had been trying to place collectively some significant assaults, which is extra instances than Szoboszlai managed to give up the ball.
Winner of fewer duels than his Hungarian counterpart, as nicely, it wasn’t a shock to see GOAL journalist Mark Doyle dish out a sub-par 4/10 ranking to the quantity 30 after the match had completed, with Doyle stating that off-display was one more efficiency that highlights his Liverpool profession remains to be but to get off the bottom.
Slot will certainly look to begin an alternate face down the precise channel in opposition to Enzo Maresca’s out-of-form Blues, subsequently, with Szoboszlai additionally in grave hazard of being omitted to make the right-hand facet of Slot’s XI look probably very completely different at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.
