Arne Slot change fails to pay off as Liverpool gets reality check - 5 talking points vs Galatasaray
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This is what we spotted.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot.(Image: Ahmad Mora/Getty Images)RAMS PARK, ISTANBUL // Liverpool will need to come from a goal down against Galatasaray next week at Anfield after another stuttering and disjointed performance in a difficult season.Mario Lemina, a former Premier League player with Southampton, headed home from close range to open the scoring immediately after Liverpool missed a couple of chances to go ahead, and the rest of the first half was a wide-open contest with a plethora of mistakes.Center-back Ibrahima Konate thought he had scrambled in a leveler in the second period, only for a VAR review to correctly rule out the goal for handball. Here are the five things Liverpool.com spotted as the game unfolded.READ MORE: Arne Slot admits 'experienced' players were caught out by surprising Galatasaray fan actionREAD MORE: Nnamdi Collins response to 'surprising' Liverpool transfer links speaks volumesArne Slot recordArne Slot had won 62 out of his 99 games in charge of Liverpool before this game.
His team will be braced for some more criticism here, though it has a second chance next Wednesday.Arne Slot after the Champions League game between Galatasaray and Liverpool at Rams Park on September 30, 2025.(Image: YAGIZ GURTUG/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)Giorgi Mamardashvili impressesGiorgi Mamardashvili had not played a competitive minute for two months but he looked sharp here when called upon a few times. My time will come, for sure," Mamardashvili said before Alisson's injury.It didn't take long for him to be proven correct, and he did well, even if he was much busier than he would have probably liked.
(Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Florian Wirtz misfiresAttacking midfielder Florian Wirtz has missed a couple of games lately and Liverpool has looked completely lacking in ideas and creativity at times as a result.Here, the German returned and wasn't needed to create — Galatasaray did that for Liverpool — but to score. Liverpool's forward line didn't come to the party when it should have scored at least once from the opportunities that it was gifted.Florian Wirtz missed a big opportunity for Liverpool against Galatasaray(Image: (Photo by Burak Kara - UEFA/UEFA via Getty Images))Anfield return set upA draw away from home in the Champions League is always a good result.