Daniel Sturridge has highlighted a big Liverpool issue which was on full display vs Arsenal

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The lack of clear attacking threat was perhaps the biggest problem on display against the Gunners, but with Liverpool hoping that Bradley Barcola and Alexander Isak will click further and Florian Wirtz will come good, that will hopefully rectify itself over the course of the season.Arguably an even bigger issue was something Daniel Sturridge highlighted at full-time, as he noted that Liverpool lost control of the game when Trey Nyoni came off for Dominik Szoboszlai. Though the game was already drifting slightly when he came off just before the hour mark, Liverpool lost their grip on it entirely when Nyoni was replaced by Szoboszlai.

“Liverpool lost control when Trey Nyoni came off the field,” Sturridge said on Sky Sports after the final whistle.“He was really good, passing the ball between the lines, controlling the tempo. You bring Szoboszlai on who’s a fantastic runner, we lost control in possession, out of possession he was positive, but I didn’t feel Liverpool controlled the ball as well without having Trey Nyoni on the field.” 1 – Trey Nyoni's match ranking in his 59 minutes on the pitch against Arsenal (both teams):🥇 Passes completed (53)🥇 Pass accuracy (96%)🥇 Line-breaking passes (14)Personality. pic.twitter.com/Q9vgrMvCx6— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) November 1, 2026 View X READ MORE: Mikel Arteta shares what he really thinks of Andoni Iraola’s Liverpool having beaten them at Anfield Szoboszlai is derailing Liverpool There is a very recent example of this same exact thing happening to Liverpool this season.

He may have ended the game firing in one of the goals of the season to put the game beyond Spurs, but Szoboszlai actively made Liverpool lose their grip on a game they were dominating. Nobody is saying that Nyoni is a better player than Szoboszlai, or that he should be playing ahead of him for now.