This Liverpool team doesn’t make sense and latest defeat points to something bigger

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Just when the stage seemed set for a launch moment from Liverpool’s new stars, Chelsea’s great hope provided one. Everything is now so much clearer at Chelsea going into the international break.Estevao seized the moment to after scoring Chelsea’s 95th minute winner (Action Images via Reuters)That doesn’t just apply to results.

It’s also how they got there.As the game ticked into the final half-hour, and Liverpool were building some momentum following Cody Gakpo’s equaliser, Maresca knew exactly what he had to do with his substitutes. That just can’t work in a match in the balance like this.People can of course point to available personnel, and the pattern of the game, but there is maybe something much bigger.This Liverpool don’t yet make sense in the same way.

It’s always the other side of late goals, too, in how a regular need for them at once showcases character but also flaws.Liverpool are now suffering the other side, in how they’re starting to concede such moments.Hence, all of these caveats can co-exist with the fact the team doesn’t look right at the moment. The squad doesn’t seem to be built towards the same vision that Liverpool’s does.And yet, as this game entered its crucial stages, it was Maresca that had a better idea of what to do.Maresca was sent off for a second yellow card after sprinting down the touchline in celebration (Adam Davy/PA Wire)Malo Gusto had already been an early masterstroke in midfield.