'Really, really bad': Sky Sports pundit says one Liverpool player had one truly terrible moment against Palace

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Many of Arne Slot’s men failed to perform to the standards expected of them, but Florian Wirtz had a particularly shocking game.

Many thought that Wirtz would be exactly what Liverpool needed to add some more creativity to their team, but the fact that he’s only contributed to one goal thus far says otherwise.

“I wouldn’t say it was a great save, I’d say it was a really, really bad miss from Florian Wirtz,” he said.

“Good play from Szoboszlai, he’s playing at right-back but he plays so high, Szoboszlai, he doesn’t want to be defending, he wants to be in the opposition’s half.

“He chops in on his left foot, and he just puts this great ball in, takes all the defenders out.

“Florian Wirtz, right foot, he’s three yards out, all he has to do is put it either side of Henderson, but he hit it down into the ground and it’s straight above him.

“If it’s either side, it’s in the back of the net; however, it’s not.”

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Although Liverpool have only lost two games across all competitions this season, it’s clear that more needs to come from Slot’s first-team squad.

In fact, their only defeats have come against Crystal Palace, with Ismaila Sarr once again being the Reds’ achilles heel.

With the amount of money that Liverpool spent on improving their ranks this term, you’d have expected them to be playing much better than they have been.

At the moment, it’s anyone’s guess why Wirtz can’t perform to the levels he showed at Bayer Leverkusen, but one thing is for sure: if he doesn’t figure out what’s wrong, he could be left sidelined for an extended period of time.

This would be far from ideal for everyone involved, especially since Liverpool spent a large chunk of their transfer budget on him this summer.