"Liverpool's 2-1 loss at Stamford Bridge has produced heated reaction across the punditry, with Gary Neville among the loudest voices pointing the finger at individual performances and systemic problems within Arne Slot's side. The former England defender did not hold back in his assessment, criticising both defensive frailties and a lack of cutting edge higher up the pitch, comments that will only add to the pressure on a club already trying to steady itself after a run of nervy results."
"He singled out left-back Milos Kerkez for a particularly blunt assessment, saying the 21-year-old looks like a youth-team player and describing his performance as naive, suggesting the youngster's decision-making and physical duels left him overexposed on the night. There was another player who Neville criticised and it was Ibrahima Konate. If you watch Konate on the ball at the start of the second half, he was just walking with it, the former Manchester United captain said, as reported by Liverpool.com."
Liverpool lost 2-1 at Stamford Bridge after Moises Caicedo opened the scoring, Cody Gakpo equalised, and 18-year-old substitute Estevao scored a stoppage-time winner. The result highlighted defensive frailties and a lack of cutting edge higher up the pitch. Criticism focused on left-back Milos Kerkez, whose decision-making and physical duels appeared naive and left him overexposed, and on Ibrahima Konate, who displayed poor control on the ball early in the second half. Konate's inconsistent form this season, amid contract tensions and links to Real Madrid, has intensified concerns about defensive reliance on Virgil van Dijk.
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