Liverpool’s dreams with a historical story collapsed in the most unexpected way on Sunday afternoon, while Arne Slot side crashed out of Fa cup At the hands of Plymouth Argyle.
The team that beat the championship table was more than deserved winners in the park of his home, with the decisive blow that gave the penalty of Ryan Hardie after Harvey Elliott was penalized for having fallen his arms to him. ‘Air.
Hardie could have doubled the lead, on the other hand, hit the post of Caoimhin Kelleher, and there was no real siege of Plymouth’s goal at any time as the leaders of the Premier League so changed, they did not even take. Virgil Van Dijk, Mohamed Salah, Cody Gakpo, Alexis Mac Allister and a series of other prominent players to the south -west, created next to nothing.
It was a very flat and letargical screen of LiverpoolThat he was attenuating ideas against a team that competed for each ball and implemented the definition of the dictionary of “executing the socks”.
Liverpool’s season will not be defined by this defeat, far from her, but three players should be afraid to be afraid to remember how bad they were here ahead of a long -awaited staff shake in the summer.
When you want to set in a new environment, you must take all the opportunities they offer. But for Federico Chiesa, there was a horror performance that will do little to improve their chances of gaining more minutes in the slot.
The Italian is not the player who was a few years ago, due to a catalog of injury problems, but did not even see an international player here, much less one who illuminated the Euro 2020 a little less Four years.
Chiesa did not show any spark, neither creativity and any composition, as Liverpool ended the ball in the penalty area that sought to resolve Plymouth’s resolution. Luis Diaz was not much better on the opposite flank, but Chiesa really did not offer anything.
There are rumors that circulate that Diogo Jota will be allowed to leave Liverpool in the summer if you receive a proper offer, if you play as this on a regular basis, these offers will be accepted quickly.
Jota has been very good at stretching defenses for several years, but you believe that his injury problems have forced him to adapt his game, instead of receiving the ball and trusting his capacity in tight spaces . That burst of rhythm he had had is no more.
Plymouth scored the 28 -year -old very well, winning most duels in the air, but did nothing from the ordinary movement. He worked, predictable and gave the ball a ridiculous amount sometimes: 11 to be precise.
39% of completion of the pass does not really cut it to any level of football and, certainly, it will not be for the best team in the country.
Harvey Elliott has been very vocal about his desire to stay in Liverpool and begin more games of the first team, feeling that he has all the necessary tools to contribute from midfield.
To do this, the 21-year-old must take a step in the Cup matches and show his skills. Take games like this on the neck of Coll, knowing that he plays with some teammates without experience and show that there is life outside Mac Allister, Ryan Gravenberch and Co. Passenger mode is not an option.
Unfortunately, this is exactly what Elliott was here. Expected targets of 0.02 and an expected attendance of 0.04 shows the little he did in the third final and also granted the penalty that changed the game above the head for unknown reasons.
