'Taken him off': Gary Neville says one Liverpool player was 'frustrating and annoying' him and Arne Slot today

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Liverpool found themselves behind in a game for the third time in succession on Saturday as they headed to play Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.The Reds have been on a poor run of form, losing consecutive matches for only the second time under Arne Slot.That threatened to become a third in west London, after Moises Caicedo blasted Chelsea into an early lead.There was nothing Giorgi Mamardashvili could do on his first Premier League start for Liverpool, and it gave Slot’s team an uphill battle once more.From there, Liverpool unravelled a little at times. Unfortunately, after a desperate start to the season, Ibrahima Konate was at the scene of the crime again.Konate was eventually substituted only ten minutes into the second-half, Ryan Gravenberch dropping back into central defence.

And according to Gary Neville, Slot was not impressed with the centre-back.Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesIbrahima Konate disappoints againIt has not been a good start to the season for Konate. But with Joe Gomez the only other senior centre-back in the Liverpool squad, Slot does not have many options to swap him out.Nevertheless, the Liverpool head coach felt the need to get Konate out early into the second period, with Neville feeling that the Frenchman had ‘annoyed’ Slot.READ MORE: Liverpool fans are all saying the same thing about Alexis Mac Allister’s performance vs Chelsea“Gravenberch [has gone to] centre-back,” the Man United legend said on Sky Sports.

“If you watch Konate on the ball at the start of the second-half he was just walking with it. He’s going all in the Liverpool manager.”Konate may have been carrying a knockIn fairness to Konate, it did look as though he may be struggling with something more than poor form at the start of Saturday’s second-half.At one moment he appeared laboured in his running back, and was spotted stretching his quad muscle after Liverpool regained possession.Given the lack of options Slot has at centre-back right now, there is no need to take any risks with something like that.It could easily have been that Konate’s sluggishness on the ball was a result of the 26-year-old picking up a bit of a knock.If that is the case, then Slot was absolutely right to take off his centre-half, however he was playing.