Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool: 5 talking points with questions to be asked of Arne Slot

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Arne Slot suffered a third defeat in a row for the first time as Liverpool head coach and the manner of Saturday’s 2-1 loss at Chelsea rightly asks questions of his new approach. Slot is no ‘Tinkerman’ this season Much of Slot’s pre-match briefing with the press was focused around Liverpool’s lack of goals from open play and his concerns over becoming too predictable.

Liverpool’s left-hand side is a problem Slot has made it clear: Milos Kerkez is his first-choice left-back and he will continue to back his £40 million signing in a decidedly slow start to life at Liverpool. We all need to get used to Giorgi Mamardashvili In his pre-match interview with Sky Sports, Slot claimed that “we don’t have to do anything different when he is in goal or when Alisson is in goal.” That came ahead of Giorgi Mamardashvili‘s Premier League debut, enforced by another predictable injury to Liverpool’s No.

Wirtz benched…and then responds The big talking point ahead of kickoff was with Wirtz left out of the starting lineup which, after calls for Liverpool to go “back to basics,” appeared to be an acknowledgement of sorts from Slot. Clearly his is a skillset which many of those around him are not yet in tune with, but there is reason for Slot to persevere with a player signed for £116 million.