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This is not a crisis that can be escaped Carabao Cup by this excellent crystal Palace Side. Not with 10 changes, including two debutants in the starting 11, three teenagers starting the game and a crutch on the bench. not even when it was Arne Slottis the biggest defeat of liverpool Manager.
But for him and them, Anfield’s second consecutive beating heightened the widespread sense that the wheels had suddenly and surprisingly fallen off. “There are a lot of reasons why we lost six out of seven,” Slott said. “No one is good enough to accept losing so many people.” Liverpool have now lost each of their last six matches in England. It’s the kind of race that would seem unimaginable when they went to selhurst park A little more than a month ago, it boasted 100 percent records in both the Premier League and Champions League. In a rematch, Palace reinforced the feeling that they were Liverpool’s bogey team, and Ismail Sarr Their bogey player.
No wonder their passionate fans asked if they could play Liverpool every week. oliver glassnerThe overachievers have now scored a hat-trick of victories over Liverpool in the Community Shield, Premier League and now the Carabao Cup. “I don’t know how often it happens when you play the champions three times within three months and win three times,” the Palace manager said. Sarr took his tally of goals against Liverpool this season to four with two goals within four minutes of each win. They will enter their matches in November with the Senegal winger having contributed four times as many goals as Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz. Suffice it to say, this was not what Liverpool had envisioned when they pledged a nine-figure sum to buy each.
And if the two record signings were among those absent, if there were reasons to prefer a week featuring Aston Villa, Real Madrid and Manchester City, then the slot gamble was taken and lost. Still he had no regrets about his wanderings. “We only had 15 or 16 players available,” he said. “It felt like the right decision to me, and I haven’t changed my opinion on it after the result. It’s the same selection I made in similar rounds last year.”
But then they stacked the bench with experience, along with a trump card in the form of Mohamed Salah. This group of substitutes had made only nine previous appearances for Liverpool. And as their second-tier team followed in the footsteps of their supposed superiors – by losing – 18-year-old substitute Amara Nalo netted a humiliating double. His second appearance for Liverpool brought a second red card. His first team career has lasted 16 minutes and he has been sent off twice. As has happened so much now at Liverpool, the wrong kind of history was made.
There was another break from the past. Perhaps it was a compliment to Glasner that, for the first time in his reign, the slot started in the back three. But while it surprised the Austrian, copying his structure does not equate to mastering it, like the castle. Slott may change personnel and systems, but not Liverpool’s habit of staying behind. They have now lost for the first time in seven consecutive matches.
Slott had the only specialist centre-back in that back three joe gomez Both goals were unfortunate. The ball bounced off him and Sarr headed home the opener with a half-volley past Freddy Woodman. Gomez then managed to clear the center of the penalty area when Jeremy Pino found Sarr and he lifted a shot into the roof of the net. Glasner admitted he spent Tuesday debating whether to demote Sarr or Jean-Philippe Mateta for this game. He was relieved that he started with Senegal.
The classy Pino had to add a third late on, but Sarr’s clinical double had decided the game very early on. The perfectionist in Glasner was unhappy with the first 15 minutes, when Rio Ngumoha flashed his skill in the opening exchanges, and Federico Chiesa tested Walter Benitez. For everyone, it was a rare outing.
Woodman, the son of Palace’s former goalkeeping coach and godson of their former captain Gareth Southgate, and Kieran Morrison made their debuts. Kelvin Ramsay made his second start, Ngumoha his third, Trey Nyoni his fourth and the more experienced Chiesa started for the fifth time. Slot argued that Liverpool have often used the League Cup to give opportunities to younger players, but they are usually surrounded by more senior players.
And while Glasner provided options for himself by naming Mateta on the bench, Slot left nothing in reserve for himself. The Dutchman seemed to have waved the white flag when taking off stand-in captain Andy Robertson and Alexis McAllister. Anfield has seen a number of comebacks over the years, and Slott’s Liverpool have scored a number of goals late this season, but it was an acknowledgment that there would be no sequel.
And 18-year-old Nalo must be wishing he hadn’t been sent off, because he was sent off 12 minutes later. As the last man standing, he pulled back Justin Deveney. Referee Craig Pawson did not have the option of showing mercy. Resting regulars Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate immediately went to the dressing room to console teenager Nalo. “It shows me what a great person he is,” Slott said.
It was one of the few positive things he could take. he got wet in the rain Palace fans taunted with chants of “morning sack”This would prove to be a wrong prediction, but the danger is that Liverpool’s situation could get worse.
Now Liverpool enter a crucial week wondering whether six consecutive defeats could become nine. He won his last match in England in the Carabao Cup. They won’t be able to win it, because they’re not in it anymore.