Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Sunday, September 28, 2025, 14:33 / Updated Sunday, September 28, 20:34
Liverpool lost the London match with Crystal Palace, following a goal scored in Eddie Nketiah extensions.
Nketiah's goal paraphrased Liverpool's first failure this season. Commenting on the phase at the end of which the manager of “Cormorants”, Arne Slot said, said that “one of our players” left their post to go on the counterattack, while the guests were trying to take advantage of Federico Chiesa's equalizer (Min. 87) to hit Selhurt Park.
ARNE Slot suggests that Jeremie Frimpong was guilty at Crystal Palace's victory goal
“We can only blame ourselves, if we defend ourselves as we did,” said Slot, obviously frustrated: “One of our players decided to get out of the device because he wanted to leave the counterattack, which was of no use, because time had expired.”
He did not name the player in question, but it is not difficult to detect. The right-wing defender Jeremie Frimpong was the one to move away from Eddie Nketiah and so Crystal Palace's attacker remained free. “It was just defense. Maybe we were too focused on the offensive. A player was too focused on the offensive at that time, which led to the Victoria's goal by Nketiah”, The Dutch technician refused.
Arne Slot called Palace's strengths: “Fixed blows, counterattack and balls throw behind the adverse defense”
On the other hand, Slot admitted, fair play, that Crystal Palace was worth a victory. “There was only one team that was worth winning and that was Palace. It had several opportunities. The good thing was that at the other moments, Alisson saved us. Palace has some reducible weapons.
Fixed strokes are one of them, and the counterattack and balls thrown behind the opposing defensive are the number two and three. Of all these situations, they created many opportunities. We also managed to create enough against this team that almost never give opportunities, But when you look at the first half, they fully deserved to win”, Concluded Liverpool's manager.
Liverpool remained a leader in the Premier League, despite the first defeat in the championship, with 15 points. It is followed by Crystal Palace, with 14 points, the surprise of the championship debut although he lost his great star, on the offensive midfielder Ezeze, who went to Arsenal.
