BBC pundit slams the three Liverpool players with an 'ego' problem - 'they need to think about the team'

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Credit: Imago Mon 20 October 2025 8:35, UK Liverpool are on their worst run of form since November 2014 and three of their players have been criticised.Arne Slot’s side have now lost four games in a row in all competitions, something which hasn’t happened for over 10 years.On Sunday (19 October), Liverpool were beaten 2-1 by Manchester United at Anfield, a result which leaves them four points adrift of Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.Harry Maguire scored a late winner for Man United, after Bryan Mbeumo’s opener had been cancelled out by Cody Gakpo.Maguire scored the winner for Man United (Credit Imago)Liverpool’s attackers need to stop thinking about themselvesLiverpool had an extremely busy summer transfer window, spending around £450million in total on new players.Alexander Isak completed a big-money move to Anfield, as did Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike, but Slot has failed to get the best out of his summer signings so far.Speaking on BBC Match of the Day 2, former Watford striker Troy Deeney slammed Isak and Wirtz for their current selfish mentality, as well as Mohamed Salah. MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES He said: “They just need to relax a little bit and start to think about the team as opposed to themselves.

I think they’re all goal-first as opposed to team-first.“It’s ego, they’ve all been the main man at their old teams and Salah’s the main man at Liverpool, but now you’ve got Isak, Wirtz, etc. Now it’s all about the balancing of egos.”Liverpool must find a balanceNine games into the season, it is abundantly clear that Slot still has no idea how to get the best out of all the attacking talent he has at his disposal.Credit: Hasan Karim, Breaking MediaIsak and Wirtz have both had tough starts to life at Liverpool, and neither have managed to score a single goal yet in the Premier League.To make matters worse for Slot, Salah is also in a run of terrible form, and looks so far off the level he was playing at last season.The 33-year-old hasn’t found the net for the Reds in his last five games, but it is his performances which are causing the most concern, as he is struggling to make any impact at all on games.Slot must find a way to get his Liverpool side working as a proper unit, and if dropping Salah is the answer, then he must be brave enough to leave out his talisman.