‘Liverpool blip now becomes something deeper’

An ominous sign of Liverpool’s current struggles was Mohamed Salah’s depressed and hopeless trudging off as they fought man-of-the-match to equalize against Manchester United.

The Egyptian King, the driving force behind all of Liverpool’s recent successes, is the only player in recent Anfield history who could be backed to create a match-saving moment of magic.

Even so, Jeremie Frimpong was present moments after Harry Maguire had scored the team’s 84th-minute winner in a 2-1 victory, their first at Anfield in more than a decade, in Salah’s place.

What was perceived as a blip now becomes something more profound when combined with the previous sky-high standards set by head coach Arne Slot in his triumphant first title-winning season, which caused Liverpool to suffer their worst series of results since 2014 under Brendan Rodgers.

According to Slot, “You need to be concerned if you lose four games in a row,” We are aware of how football functions.

“We will have a good chance of winning more football games if we keep bringing in these performances.” Losing four times in a row definitely affects the team.

For the first time in a row since September 1953, Liverpool will suffer a fifth-straight defeat at Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday in the Champions League.

When the build-up was ponderous and Liverpool was lacking in ideas to penetrate United’s unyielding defense, they even experienced the frustration of their own supporters.

Cody Gakpo struck the woodwork three times before equalizing in the 78th minute, which caused a bit of unluck for United.

Salah extended his run without netting a non-penalty goal to seven games, underscoring the 33-year-old’s current lack of form and confidence.

Liverpool have looked vulnerable since day one of this season’s Community Shield defeat by Crystal Palace at Wembley, but they are currently a shadow of the effective machine that strolled the Premier League last season.

Given that Slot was given almost $450 million to strengthen the newly-crowned champions, they are rife with flaws.

Bottom line: neither have produced anything close to enough in spite of all the knowledge that even star names signed record-breaking deals like £116 million for Florian Wirtz and £125 million for Alexander Isak still need a settling-in period.

After being chosen ahead of Hugo Ekitike, who was much livelier, Isak was anonymous, while Wirtz had to be content to start out on the bench once more.

Liverpool’s proven track record will give them confidence that their significant investment will be compensated, but their contribution to the total of £241 million has not surpassed that level.

Former Liverpool defender Stephen Warnock told 5 Live that “Arne Slot has a couple of decisions to make.”

Does Szobozslai like playing at midfield because he appears to be better at right-back and suits playing there? No, but it would work better for the team’s good.

“In the majority of the game, when Frimpong comes on down the right, he has more of an impact in the first ten minutes or so than Salah. Gakpo should have scored from one of Gakpo’s two exceptional balls in the box. Isak did more than Ekitike did when he won the top spot.

Liverpool now emit an air of chaos and lack of organization, especially in their defensive work, for a team that last year had a calm air laced with deadly threat.

Milos Kerkez struggled again badly, almost scoring an unwitting own goal with a rebound off his face in the second half, which would have summed up Liverpool’s defense.

The discussion will continue regarding whether referee Michael Oliver should have stopped play when Liverpool’s Alexis Mac Allister was lying unconscious suffering a head injury, which was unintentionally caused by captain Virgil van Dijk’s elbow.

The fact that Liverpool have conceded five goals in eight Premier League games this season as a result of set pieces reflects this lack of organization. In the same number of games as last year, they did not concede any goals in that manner.

Counter-attacks at pace are a possibility for Liverpool, and behind-the-field balls have always been problematic.

With Liverpool currently sitting fourth in the table, four points clear of Arsenal, all of this adds up to the situation they are in.

Liverpool’s quality is too low to sustain it for long, but Slot needs to fix it while fixing the issues that have arisen this season.

After the game, captain Van Dijk said, “We have to stick together because it’s an interesting time.”