Liverpool suffered their first Premier League defeat below supervisor Arne Slot in opposition to Nottingham Forest yesterday.
The Merseyside heavyweights began the marketing campaign in sensational style with three league wins on the bounce. They delivered an impressive efficiency to beat Manchester United (3-0) earlier than the worldwide break.
It was anticipated that they might safe one other routine win over Forest on Saturday, however the gamers failed to seek out the leading edge within the remaining third, struggling a shock 1-0 defeat at Anfield which nobody anticipated.
There have been extra negatives than positives from the dreadful loss and midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai had a forgettable outing as he was responsible of shedding possession on a staggering 18 events over the course of the sport.
The Hungarian star additionally dedicated 3 fouls with a cross success price of solely 78%. Apart from 1 blocked shot, he was barely a risk on aim. The 23-year-old received simply 50% of his floor duels from the attacking midfield function.
Szoboszlai was additionally lucky to flee a pink card in stoppage time. He kicked the ball away in frustration after committing a foul. He may have simply obtained his marching orders, having already been on a yellow card.
Liverpool will journey to Milan for Tuesday’s Champions League sport versus AC Milan. Slot is sure to make some modifications to the beginning XI in response to the Forest loss. Szoboszlai might be a kind of benched.
Slot has already proven that he received’t entertain any underperformers in his enjoying line-up and the Dutchman has been pro-active within the first few weeks with some early and surprising substitutions in video games.
The brand new Champions League format begins with a 36-team league part with every group enjoying 8 video games, 4 at dwelling and 4 on the street. Each a kind of fixtures might be essential as the highest 8 instantly make the spherical of 16.
The groups from ninth to twenty fourth within the desk might be concerned in a knockout play-off. Liverpool want to begin off brightly with a victory over the Rossoneri at San Siro in midweek.
