Reigning Premier League champions and league leaders may be held to higher standards than most, but cause for concern in Liverpool is justified. Arne Slot presided over back‑to‑back defeats for only the second time in his Liverpool tenure as Galatasaray triumphed on a raucous night in Istanbul. The performance should trouble Liverpool’s head coach more than the result.
Liverpool were sloppy, again, suspect defensively, again, and short on ideas as they succumbed to Victor Osimhen’s first-half penalty. Defeat would have been heavier had the Galatasaray striker not squandered two clear openings early in the second half but was deserved nonetheless.
