‘Calamitous’ ’14 mistakes’ – Journos slam diabolically bad Liverpool player during horror clash vs Galatasaray
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Ibrahima Konate was slammed by a couple of Liverpool journalists for a moment of horrendous defending against Galatasaray.One moment of particularly poor defending in the second half of the Champions League tie inspired some critique from Ian Doyle and Lewis Steele.DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAYThe Frenchman was left praying for a miracle after a comedy of errors ended with Victor Osimhen putting the ball past Giorgi Mamardashvili (imperious in the first 45) to double the scoreline.
Victor Osimhen thought he scored following a mistake at the back by Liverpool, but it's disallowed ❌ 📺 @tntsports & @discoveryplusUK pic.twitter.com/CWGohzmSUg — Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) March 10, 2026Ibrahima Konate gets away with costly error vs GalatasarayIt’s quite frankly a miracle that Liverpool don’t (at the time of writing) find themselves down by more than a goal in Istanbul.Konate certainly did his utmost to invite a lead-doubling effort from Osimhen after his scuffed pass back to Mamardashvili set up the advancing Noa Lang.The Galatasaray star gladly took possession before cutting the ball back into the heart of the box. Unfortunately for his teammate, Liverpool’s fortuitous defender got in the way of the ball… fortunately for Victor Osimhen, he failed to clear the danger and instead left the ball loose for the former Napoli striker to strike.An offside call later ruled out the effort, leaving the visitors with just the one-goal deficit to claw down.Catch Ian Doyle and Lewis Steele’s reactions on X (formerly Twitter) below: Konate a very lucky boy there.
Made about 14 mistakes in one passage of play but the offside was clear earlier in the move — Ian Doyle (@IanDoyleSport) March 10, 2026 Galatasaray have one chalked off for 2-0 after a calamitous bit of defending from Ibrahima Konate. It is offside but, wow, that was bad. — Lewis Steele (@LewisSteele_) March 10, 2026Konate came close to Liverpool redemptionWhilst Ibrahima Konate can’t be specifically held to account for Mario Lemina’s opener in the first half of action, his defending in Turkey has hardly inspired confidence in the Liverpool backline.That said, the Frenchman did come awfully close to hitting back at his critics with a second-half strike from a set-piece.However, the 26-year-old centre-back was adjudged to have handled the ball with his upper arm on its way to nestling into the back of the Galatasaray net.