"Arne Slot's side look so vulnerable defensively," said BBC Sport football expert Chris Sutton. "I covered their defeat at Crystal Palace last weekend and Palace could have gone 4-0 up, no word of a lie. "Alisson went off injured against Galatasaray, and if he is missing it is not going to help. We know Liverpool can hurt Chelsea but it is the other end they have to worry about."
Liverpool's veteran left-back Andy Robertson now finds himself at a crossroads. With his current contract poised to expire in 2026, the club has yet to commit to a renewal, leaving his future at Anfield uncertain. After eight years of service and countless contributions both on and off the pitch, the Scotland captain's role is shifting and much will depend on how he adapts to reduced playing time and competition from Milos Kerkez.
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,
After defeat to Galatasaray, Arne Slot insisted his side are not so far off the level of last season, but on the evidence of the 10 games so far this campaign that is far from the reality. The Turkish side scored via a rather soft penalty, but they created further chances in a very similar fashion to how Crystal Palace had sliced open the Merseysiders in their 2-1 win four days earlier.
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Disappointed in the loss, but especially the way we went about it. I think if we got a draw here then we took already one point too much. That is the feeling that we have right now. I don't think there is any reason to worry, but we have to improve pretty quickly because obviously we play [against Galatasaray in the Champions League] in Turkey on Tuesday. We have a very difficult game there as well, so we have to be ready.
The issue of Alexander Isak's future was never far away from the headlines this summer, with the transfer saga between Newcastle United and Liverpool running right until the final minutes of the transfer window. The Reds eventually got their man, sealing a 125million move for the Swedish striker, but not until he had effectively gone on strike at St James' Park, training alone at his former club Real Sociedad, before accusing the club of breaking a promise that he could leave the club.
Liverpool and Manchester United are interested in signing Gleison Bremer from Juventus, according to . However, the Italian news outlet has claimed that Juventus do not want to sell Bremer. Juventus consider Bremer 'a pillar of the team' and do not plan to offload him anytime soon. The 28-year-old Brazil international centre-back has been on the books of Juventus since 2022 and has established himself as an important figure in the team.
The Merseyside club paid a fee in excess of €120 million for the signing of Wirtz. It was a crushing blow for the Bundesliga champions as they had been working on a deal to sign Wirtz for several months. He was Die Roten's top target for more than 12 months. Liverpool swooped in late and convinced the forward to move to England.