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There were moments in the game when it felt like Liverpool would take the lead, but, before Chelsea scored their winner, it felt like Liverpool were lucky to even get a point from the clash. Photo by Liverpool FC/Liverpool FC via Getty ImagesLast season, the attacker was Liverpool’s most important player, but this term, things just aren’t clicking.
In fact, Sam Matterface has even said that he saw the Egyptian King apologise to one of his teammates during the game.Mohamed Salah was spotted apologising to Florian Wirtz after he tried to set him up Another player who hasn’t really lived up to expectations this season is Florian Wirtz. The young German was expected to be Liverpool’s answer to their creativity problems, but, since arriving at Merseyside, the attacking midfielder has only assisted his teammates once.
“And by the way, if you look at the statistics and look through some of the metrics, Crook, you can see that he has been creating loads of chances.“I wonder, Dean, actually, if the others are letting him down and looking at Mo Salah’s reaction to missing that chance after Wirtz had played him in with that lovely little balletic turn, he actually mouthed the words, sorry, he did.”Mohamed Salah and Florian Wirtz need to get on the same wavelength soonThe main thing that Liverpool’s fans were excited about this year was how much better their attack was going to be compared to last season. At the moment, it’s anyone’s guess what could happen, but, unless Liverpool’s players start to gel soon, questions will have to be asked.