The latest Premier League setback has raised wider questions for us after a dramatic evening at Elland Road left Liverpool searching for answers.
Szoboszlai urges Liverpool to “take responsibility” after Leeds draw
Dominik Szoboszlai cut through the noise on Sky Sports as he delivered a clear message about where we stand after letting another lead slip.
The Hungarian international admitted he “didn’t know what happened after 2-0”, voicing frustration that we allowed Leeds to build momentum from the penalty that brought them back into the contest.
He stressed that “everybody has to take responsibility”, insisting the team must “find solutions” and show greater resilience in key moments.
It follows a game in which the 25-year-old was at the centre of our attacking play, including the moment of quality in the first half where he “sprayed a Hollywood ball” to Cody Gakpo.
Despite his strong form, collective lapses continue to cost us valuable points.
Liverpool surrender another lead as statistics highlight concerns
This was a match we should have controlled after Hugo Ekitike struck twice early in the second half.
However, the penalty given away by Ibou Konate shifted the dynamic entirely, before Anton Stach and then Ao Tanaka punished us again.
The late equaliser means we have now conceded 10 goals from set-pieces, more than the whole of last season, and only Nottingham Forest have fared worse.
Match data via BBC Sport showed Leeds created 1.51 xG to our 1.81, while we recorded 27 touches in the opposition box but still allowed Leeds five shots on target and far too much room in decisive moments.
This continues a pattern of games where we start brightly but lose control.
Szoboszlai emphasised that “what is in the dressing room stays in the dressing room”, yet the substance of his message was clear.
He believes mentality and organisation must sharpen quickly, especially with Inter Milan awaiting us in the Champions League next.
If we are to rediscover the consistency that made us champions last season, these warning signs can no longer be ignored.
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The headlines tomorrow won’t be about Liverpool throwing away the game but it will be about what salah said. My guess is that meeting a few days ago would have involved the hireachy at FSG , Edward’s and Richard Hughes , and that salah would have been discussed. The decision to replace him has been made. Slot wants to asert his authority and what better way than to Axe and sell our star player salah.
Something was always going to give, you can’t keep on dropping our highest paid player at the football club. I can see two sides of the argument, salah has been poor, but most of the Liverpool players have as well. Salah though is the highest paid player in the history of Liverpool football club, he was given the contract that he asked for, and when you are getting that kind of money, you have to produce. Salah will be replaced in January by Antoine semenyo. Another Richard hughes deal with his links to Bournemouth.
So it’s good bye to salah, who carried us and slot last season, he single handedly won the Premier league for us. He’ll go down in history as the best right winger in Liverpool history. Nobody has been better. Semenyo has it all to do to replace salah. One more point, konate shouldn’t get a new contract. If you are blaming salah for our demise then konate should also leave the club.
I have always rated Salah. If they feel Salah cannot fit in the 4231 formation, they should not have offered him the 2 year deal, unless they want to make some $ from his sale and not let him leave for free. Last year, Salah played mostly in 433 and he excelled in that role for many years.
On a side note, slot is partly responsible for the performance. He selects the team and Salah did not even play in the game but we drew against leeds. Players make up the 2nd part of the problem if they do not perform. When we were 2 goals up, I don’t know what went through slot’s mind. The team seems to be satisfied and of course konate’s rash tackle is crazy considering we are leading by 2 goals.
Sad to say, the recent results are slowly pushing slot and Salah out of the club.
Slot making a lot of mistakes and they r looking for a fall guy in Mo,
We have 1 or 2 players in the twilight of their careers & that’s allowed. Slot is capable & should be allowed to mould his team..
Van dykes made more mistakes than anyone! Not been the same player since Pickford challenge, We should never have sold quansah! Slot doesn’t know his best team which is astonishing considering how much he’s rated! We need to find a way to get Ekitike Isak and Wirtz in the starting lineup considering we’ve chucked all that money at it!