National media react as Liverpool concerns grow and fingers point at Arne Slot after 'gambit backfired'

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How the national media reacted to Liverpool's 1-0 defeat at Galatasaray in the Champions League on Tuesday eveningAnd another. Liverpool slipped to their second defeat of the week with a forgettable Champions League reverse at Galatasaray on Tuesday evening.The only goal of the game came in the 16th minute when Victor Osimhen struck a penalty beyond the later injured Alisson Becker after referee Clement Turpin had adjudged Dominik Szoboszlai to have fouled Baris Alper Yilmaz.It made for a frustrating ending in Istanbul.

And while the ECHO was in attendance and provided our usual level of coverage, here's how the national media viewed another disappointing result for Arne Slot's side.READ MORE: Arne Slot hits out at Liverpool penalty decision and makes Clement Turpin referee digWriting in The Times, Peter Rutzler believes there are now plentiful reasons for concern for Slot."Flawless, Liverpool are not," he writes. After stumbling at Crystal Palace, Arne Slot’s side wilted in Galatasaray’s deafening cauldron, coughing up too many mistakes and falling to defeat thanks to Victor Osimhen’s penalty."Soft as it was, this was not a game in which Liverpool could confidently say they deserved victory and they now face up to back-to-back defeats, and for Slot, some issues to resolve."Concerns that were whispered quietly amid a fast start in the league were all loudly evident in Istanbul.

Who are their best full backs?"Andy Hunter of The Guardian was similarly unimpressed by Liverpool's performance."Reigning Premier League champions and league leaders may be held to higher standards than most, but cause for concern in Liverpool is justified," he says. The performance should trouble Liverpool’s head coach more than the result."Liverpool were sloppy, again, suspect defensively, again, and short on ideas as they succumbed to Victor Osimhen’s first-half penalty.