Yet Arne Slot has more than a little food for thought, not least the impact of Saturday’s defeat to Crystal Palace – sealed by Eddie Nketiah’s 97th-minute winner.
Even when they beat Bournemouth 4-2 on the opening weekend, the game was level until the 88th minute.
Only one of those big-money signings, Hugo Ekitike, has really hit the ground running and three significant holes in Liverpool’s squad were highlighted again by Palace on Saturday.
Slot has only one trustworthy centre-half
Konate (right) was outplayed by Mateta on Saturday (Photo: PA)
Konate was tormented by Jean-Philippe Mateta on Saturday, and when he was eventually replaced, midfielder Ryan Gravenberch moved to partner Virgil van Dijk, which cannot be a long-term solution.
“Liverpool are always good in defence, Van Dijk always marshals the back line, but they give Palace too many opportunities for no actual reason. It was just being sloppy, and that’s so unlike Liverpool.”
Marc Guéhi assist, Eddie Nketiah finish. Beating Liverpool to remain unbeaten right at the end. Scenes.Powered by @SunExpress Airlines pic.twitter.com/nSd6sOkVbX
— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) September 27, 2025There was no shortage of irony that Liverpool were undone by failing to clear two Palace set pieces, and that it was Marc Guehi who won the header for the winner. Were it not for a year-long game of brinksmanship that Liverpool lost, Guehi would have been defending not attacking that long throw.
Conor Bradley is a work in progress and was hooked at half-time at Selhurst Park for another midfielder, Dominik Szoboszlai, to play there. Substitute Jeremie Frimpong is at least a natural in that position, but his stock will have fallen after Slot blamed him for leaving Nketiah free to score in stoppage time. Trent Alexander-Arnold’s absence is already being keenly felt.
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“It was the basics that we didn’t do well,” Van Dijk said after defeat to Palace.
After all the money Liverpool have spent, the pressure is on to make sure these days don’t start adding up.
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