Galatasaray 1-0 Liverpool: Jamie Carragher says Arne Slot's side does not play as a top team and calls for Florian Wirtz to come out of the page

Jamie Carragher believes Liverpool doesn’t play like a top team after back-to-back defeat in the Premier League and Champions League and have called on Arne Castle to “make his money” and “solve” the problems.

Liverpool was beaten 1-0 by Galatasaray in Istanbul on Tuesday night, which followed the 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday.

The Reds showed a lot of the same problems from Selhurst Park in the Turkish capital – with high profiled faults at the back, defensive mistakes – and the situation was worsened by a double damage stroke for goalkeeper Alisson Becker and striker Hugo Ekitike.

“I don’t see a top team,” Carragher said CBS SPORTS. “Liverpool is not playing football at the moment they play basketball. It’s just end to end and I don’t think top team plays like that.

“I expressed that he knows early for the manager that he knows that much better than me. He is obviously a fantastic manager. But right now Liverpool went from, I would call them a workman -like team last season and they have sprinkled a little stardust on what they are transferred as they have brought in.

“And they haven’t got anything in the future, but they’ve lost a lot of defensively.

“I think, for the manager now, last season was such a smooth trip for them, he really has to make his money.

“He did last season, won the Premier League, incredible. But there are a few problems there that he has to solve and it will be really interesting how he is going around. Because he has spent a lot of money.

“Liverpool was beaten by Newcastle in the second half of this game. Newcastle had 10 men. It can’t happen. Crystal Palace created seven great chances this weekend. That’s more than any team has admitted in the Premier League all season. Liverpool are the champions.

“This has come. This is not a shock. And the manager has to fix it.”

‘Wirtz needs to get out of the team it’s a mess’

One change that Carragher would like to see to help solve Liverpool’s situation is the removal of Florian Wirtz from the starting lineup.

Wirtz came out of the team for the 1-0 Merseyside Derby victory over Everton, but was reintroduced to Crystal Palace Game. He is not yet to register a goal or an assist in the Premier League or Champions League for Liverpool.

“Right now, I don’t think the team’s balance is right, and the obvious standing out is Florian Wirtz,” Carragher said.

“He’s not on the races at all. He is a young boy coming into a new league – he has plenty of time to go as a Liverpool player, but right now I think he has to get out of the team, Liverpool goes back to what they were last season, and then goes from there and builds some confidence, build some defensive solidity.

“Because right now it’s a mess. It’s not the losses, it’s not the defeat. This has come from day one.”

What Carra told slot at the start of the season

According to the above mentioned Carragher that he warned the slot about Liverpool’s playing style after the season’s opening match against Bournemouth.

This is what Sky Sports Pundit said:

“Liverpool has had this problem. How many players were in front of the ball – maybe eight players – when they won 2-1? It can’t happen. It’s absolutely shocking at this level.

“That’s not right. It’s not. It’s just a game on top of the shield of society – but I’ve seen enough football in my life. This idea that all bombs forward is not for me. I don’t like it.

“In no time last week in Community Shield I ever felt that Liverpool had control over the game. You can draw 2-2 with Palace, it can happen. But that’s how easy Crystal Palace could get on Liverpool how easy it was tonight.

“In the first half, Bournemouth should have been at least 2-0 at one point.

“There’s definitely a problem that Arne Castle has to solve. People say they need a centerback — a centerback doesn’t solve it. He just occupies Konates’s place.

“It’s all about the composition of the team with two attacking full backs and a # 10 that is more interested in getting on the ball than defending [Dominik] Szoboszlai was last season.

“If Liverpool continues like that, I don’t think they win the league.”

Liverpool’s problems fully

The best ability is accessibility – and Liverpool can now be stretched in terms of number. Alisson It is a major concern that is crucial in Liverpool’s slim victories, not only at the start of this season, but also in their Premier League title campaign last season.
Liverpool felt Hugo Ekitike‘s absence in the loss in Crystal Palace over the weekend, and the one who is limping off is another great blow, especially with Alexander Isaac Not 100 percent fresh and with only one goal in five matches.
With both injuries, Chelsea looks away this weekend – even given Enzo Maresca’s sides own problems.
Liverpool See vulnerable at the back. Ibrahima Konate Put another bad achievement in Turkey with its ‘hospital’ passport to Ryan Gravenberch Almost to give Galatasaray a second. He and the other Liverpool defenders could not handle Victor Osimhen.
Liverpool also has some problems on right -back. Dominik Szoboszlai was postponed by Galatasarays Baris Alper Yilmaz, who won the penalty from him. Jeremie Frimpong Was criticized by Arne Castle for the late loss in Crystal Palace and was used as wings in Turkey. Is it now time to give Conor Bradley A trip? Then the castle has admitted that he cannot play every game due to fitness causes.
What is going on with Mohamed Salah? He looks far from the player he was last season, even with the high standards of the last expression. His minutes have no need to be controlled before – he started last on the bench on a Champions League match three years ago. If his minutes are to be controlled, it is not a good sign. If he was dropped for bad performances, it’s even worse.
Florian Wirtz Still going without a goal or an assist in the Premier League and Champions League. Apart from running-off-the-ball statistics, his fee of £ 100 million is. Become hard to justify.
Liverpool’s luck seems to have run out. It’s been two games in a row now that the late drama has not fallen their way, even with Was. Do they regress to the mean?
Liverpool’s midfield – such a big plus for them last season – looks very different. Gravenberch makes expensive mistakes and lost five out of his six duels. Wirtz lost nine out of his 13 duels. Alexis Mac Allists Still getting up to full fitness after an inhibited before season.
A positive? They are still on top of the Premier League. But how long do you?