Liverpool misplaced 4-1 away to Man Metropolis on Saturday and it was a day the place few gamers got here away with any credit score, an all too acquainted incidence.
The Reds might have taken the lead by means of Mohamed Salah‘s strike, however they rapidly folded on the Etihad and have been soundly crushed ultimately.
It was one other damaging day within the top-four battle, though on this proof, do they even need to be taking part in Champions League soccer subsequent season?
Right here we evaluate our participant scores with these of the Liverpool Echo, Objective, WhoScored and FotMob.
As has so typically been the case this season, this was sadly a day to deal with the poor performances.
The bottom common ranking on the Etihad went to Andy Robertson (4.7), who was disappointing in all sides of his sport.
Liverpool’s sensible left-back was “fully out of kinds,” based on TIA’s Henry Jackson, who additionally handed him only a three-out-of-10 ranking.
Objective’s Neil Jones felt that Robertson was “wasteful in some good attacking positions,” previous to being rightly changed after the break.
Subsequent up was Ibrahima Konate (4.8), though in fact, others have been arguably extra guilty for the end result on the day.
That being mentioned, the 23-year-old was a part of a defence that shipped 4 targets and Ian Doyle of the Echo mentioned he was “caught out of place just a few instances,” in what was “not his most composed displaying.”
Finishing the underside three have been Trent Alexander-Arnold (5.0) and Jordan Henderson (5.0), with the English duo persevering with their poor respective seasons.
Jackson declared that Trent is a “shadow of the participant who has wowed us all for the final 4 or 5 years,” whereas Jones criticised the captain for being “discovered wanting when it comes to composure, legs and high quality on the ball.”
As for the very best Liverpool participant in opposition to Metropolis, Salah (6.2) acquired the very best rating – the one Purple to get a ranking above six, which speaks volumes of the general efficiency.
Subsequent up for the Reds is a Premier League journey to Chelsea on Tuesday night (8pm BST).
