Jamie Carragher points finger at 'frustrating' Liverpool players as Arne Slot explains controversial decision
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Liverpool suffered their third straight defeat at Chelsea on Saturday and Jamie Carragher has dissected the issues that surround Arne Slot's side right nowJamie Carragher has once again criticised Liverpool's game management and hinted that Arne Slot made the wrong decision to bring on Wataru Endo during Saturday's last-gasp 2-1 defeat at Chelsea.Carragher has been vocal about Liverpool's gung-ho and attacking approach at the start of this season and even highlighted it when Bournemouth came to Anfield and scored twice on the opening weekend of the season.At the time, Carragher was stunned about how much space Antoine Semenyo was allowed in the build-up to his second goal, driving almost the whole length of the pitch before scoring, branding the defending as "shocking".READ MORE: I had no choice but to retire after leaving Liverpool - Jurgen Klopp helped me decide what to do nextAlthough Liverpool went on to win each of their first six matches across all competitions, performances haven't stood out and results have dropped off since, with the Reds losing their last three matches.They went to Crystal Palace and suffered a stoppage-time 2-1 defeat, before going to Galatasaray in the Champions League and losing 1-0 and then travelling to Chelsea and being beaten 2-1 in a tight affair.Speaking about Liverpool's blip on The Overlap's Fan Debate, Carragher highlighted what has frustrated him the most in recent matches and namechecked one situation - the decision to substitute on Wataru Endo against Chelsea - which led to the Reds conceding a 95th minute winner at Stamford Bridge.Carragher said: "The thing that has frustrated me in the last two games is that we have allowed a situation [to finish] end-to-end. Sometimes when you are playing a game, 'Liverpool are playing Crystal Palace and Liverpool are better than Crystal Palace and are the favourites to win the game'."But you have been battered in the first-half, it's 1-1, they're on an unbelievable run, I am like 'get out of there with a point'.
Slightly different with Chelsea because when it went 1-1 I think a title-winning team go and win that game especially with the problems Chelsea have. But Liverpool were never in control of the game I felt after it went 1-1.
You'd expect them to win the game, but they were never in control."Even when he brought Endo on, it's telling you to take a point, but it didn't feel like anybody went back to defend, people were running end-to-end. I don't think that substitution was too defensive, the rest was because we were 1-0 down and tried to win but making offensive substitutions."