"Liverpool aren't playing football at the moment, they are playing basketball. It is just end-to-end, and I don't think top teams play like that. I expressed that to the manager early on; he'll know that a lot better than me. He is obviously a fantastic manager. But right now Liverpool went from, I would call them a workmanlike team last season,"
"And they haven't gained anything going forward, but they have lost a lot defensively. I think for the manager now, last season was such a smooth ride for them; he's now got to really earn his money. He did last season, won the Premier League, unbelievable. But there's a few problems there that he has got to fix, and it'll be really interesting how he goes about it, because he's spent a lot of money."
Liverpool suffered consecutive defeats, losing 2-1 to Crystal Palace and 1-0 to Galatasaray, the latter via a penalty after Dominik Szoboszlai tripped Baris Yilmaz. The team has kept only two clean sheets and conceded 11 goals across all competitions so far. Performances have been end-to-end and lacking defensive organisation, undermining progress expected from recent transfers. One proposed change is removing Florian Wirtz from the starting lineup to restore balance. The manager faces pressure to address defensive vulnerabilities after heavy investment and a smooth title-winning previous season.
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