Liverpool required a late Nordi Mukiele own-goal to earn a 1-1 draw with Sunderland at Anfield, leaving manager Arne Slot under increased scrutiny. Defensive mistakes and a lack of attacking fluency undermined the side despite an earlier 2-0 win at West Ham. Chemsdine Talbi scored after capitalising on a sloppy pass by Virgil van Dijk. Florian Wirtz saw a deflected effort credited as an own-goal. Federico Chiesa produced a stoppage-time goal-line clearance to deny Sunderland an historic Anfield victory. Former players criticised the team's energy, basic defending and organization.
"However, it was the same old story for Arne Slot's men as the combination of defensive errors and a lack of attacking fluency cost them another two points. Sunderland took the lead on 67 minutes when Chemsdine Talbi pounced on a sloppy pass by Virgil van Dijk to fire in from outside the box. Florian Wirtz thought he had finally opened his Liverpool account after a £100 million move from Bayer Leverkusen to salvage a point, but his strike took a wicked deflection and was eventually credited as a Mukiele own-goal."
""It's not even the draw, it's the performance. It's really worrying," Carragher said. "It feels like a real step back tonight to what you saw at West Ham at the weekend. They didn't look like scoring a goal at any moment of the game tonight. Missing the energy, zip, pace power. Really worrying.""
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