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The alarm bell for Liverpool’s three consecutive defeats is always ringing: If you spend money, you can’t buy victory, and tactical chaos is the root cause!

12:17am, 7 October 2025Football

Seeing Liverpool's new players start in the second half, all the limelight was snatched away by Chelsea's young players. The script clearly wrote that the Reds won the finale in stoppage time, but Chelsea's Estewan made the final decision. Liverpool's loss in this game is not unfair. Within a week, he was defeated by his opponent 1-2 twice and suffered three consecutive defeats. What happened to the Red Army?

Liverpool today can be said to be deeply trapped in a typical "Premier League crisis". And what about Chelsea? On the contrary, it is temporarily out of the quagmire. Look at coach Maresca's passionate celebrating imitating Mourinho's passion. Although he received a red card because of this, who still cares about this at this time? Before the international match day, Chelsea's course was already very clear.

This clarity is not only reflected in the score, but also in every detail of the game. When the game entered the last half hour, Garkepo had just helped Liverpool equalize the score. As soon as the momentum was getting better, Maresca's substitution adjustment was shockingly accurate. What's even more ironic is that Liverpool coach Slott also specifically mentioned after the game that Chelsea had eight players absent, implying that the other party was lucky in disguise. What's the result? Lavia immediately stabilized the midfield when he came on the court, Harto consolidated the defense, and Estewan, who made the 75-minute appearance, was even more lively. The Brazilian young player intercepted the ball from the feet of a sleepwalking Liverpool player many times, becoming a microcosm of the entire game.

Slott's adjustment, on the other hand, was simply a mess. In the final stage of the game, two midfielders were used to play four defenders! In this even battle, it is tantamount to suicide. Of course, you can make excuses to say that the staff is not in a good condition and the condition is not good. But the problem is probably not that simple.

The Liverpool team has a "discord" from the bottom of their hearts. Look at the players in your hands, especially the attackers who bought them at a high price in summer, they can't even line up a clear main lineup. Wilz, who was highly anticipated, was placed in the core position of the midfield, but obviously had not adapted to the intensity of the Premier League's confrontation; Salah seemed to be still missing the connection with Arnold and was not on the same channel as his new striker. The entire team is unbalanced in offense and defense, and the opponent plays accurately and can easily penetrate the middle.

Look at the opening of Kesedo's world-wave game. The shot was beautiful and was in a dead corner, but the open space that Liverpool left for him was simply ridiculously generous. Kesedo easily passed McAllister and even had time to adjust and start again, the defense was useless. This ball shouldn't be lost at all!

Of course, it is too early to say that Liverpool is "finished". Isaac is still looking for his state, Wiltz needs time to adapt, Slot's tactical system needs to be adjusted, and the impact of Jota's tragic incident on the team's emotions... Moreover, they are only 1 point away from the top of the list now.

But don't forget that they were still 5 points ahead a few weeks ago! Those dangerous signals have already lit up.

To be honest, there are signs of this situation. Always winning by winning the game by winning the game by the end does show resilience, but it also exposes huge problems. Now, Liverpool is swallowing the bitter fruits they have planted, and they have become the target of being killed.

So, despite so many objective reasons, it is obvious that the team is "not right". The whole team made outrageous mistakes in passing, and more than half of the players have experienced such low-level mistakes: either the pass misses several meters or directly passes out of the sideline. The most ironic thing is that Liverpool's equalizer actually came from an assist that Isaac "turned" by a stop-off mistake. This coincidence just shows that Liverpool is now more like "trying luck" than playing a mature tactical system. Similar contradictions abound: Salah was able to send a wonderful pass to Isaac, but he also wasted a lot of opportunities; Werz's elegant turn and assist was wonderful, but he almost disappeared afterwards. The current Red Army relies more on the players’ personal abilities to see their inspiration, rather than the overall tactics operating. After the game, Slot also mentioned that the Champions League schedule was intensive and the training time was insufficient, and insisted that the draw was fairer.

Although Maresca did not have the chance to say this to the media because of a red card, his on-site command has already explained it all. It is worth mentioning that although Chelsea's signings are always ridiculed as "scraping the lottery" and lacks clear plans, at the most critical moment of the game, Maresca is more clear than Slott. Gustou showed his dominant performance early in the midfield. When Liverpool attacked, he did several people's work alone. With limited substitution options, Maresca has clear thinking and Estewan's goal is clear, and his last winning goal is the inevitable reward for his unremitting running throughout the game.

In contrast, Liverpool, despite spending a lot of money in the summer, it seems to be helpless at critical moments, basically relying on the misunderstanding. At Slott's level, it should be only a matter of time to solve this problem. But the biggest risk now is that Arsenal, which was previously questioned, is likely to have a series of winning streaks like Liverpool last season.

Slott may also be experiencing a reversal of luck now: good luck is no longer and the system fails. Therefore, when you think about it carefully, Chelsea's seemingly chaotic buzzer-beating victory is actually reasonable.

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