Liverpool crashed to a 2-1 defeat against Newcastle United in today’s English League cup final.
Goals from Dan Burn and Alexander Isak kept Newcastle in the driving seat throughout the game. Substitute Federico Chiesa gave Liverpool a glimmer of hope in added time with a well taken goal.
However, Liverpool were completely outplayed, outfought, and out thought during the course of the game and Newcastle were the deserved winners.
There were several disappointing performances for Liverpool on the pitch today, but Portuguese International Diogo Jota continues to disappoint. His performance in the final might just have sealed his fate at the club.
Diogo Jota put on a poor showing
The 28-year-old did not manage to produce a single shot on target during his 57 minutes on the pitch. In addition to that, he had just 16 touches of the ball in that time. Jota put on a horror show against Newcastle and it is high time Liverpool get rid of mediocre players like him and bring in a reliable forward who can influence the game in the final third consistently.
Jota has not only disappointed with his overall attacking performance, he seems to have lost his sharpness in front of goal as well.
It would be ideal for Liverpool to move him on during the summer transfer window and invest in a clinical goal scorer. They have looked toothless in the attack in recent weeks, and Jota has failed to perform despite multiple opportunities.
It will be interesting to see if the 28-year-old can find a new club for himself in the summer.
The Reds will require major surgery in the attacking unit if they want to bounce back strongly. With Mohamed Salah likely to move on as a free agent in the summer, Liverpool’s task of rebuilding the attacking unit could not be any more difficult. It remains to be seen whether they can get rid of the deadwood and bring in top quality replacements.
Slot and coachint team got it wrong
1. Starting 11 Gk Alison should have played.
2. Defending corners Macalister marking Dan Burn who is far taller resulting 3 x they won the battle and he scored.
3. Team structure ( none to be seen )
4.No rotation earlier matches ( he claim only dors with 15/16 players) back fired as fatigue starts to set.
5. Why allowed Van Dik to stay up he hardly won any headers ( just think his giant presence is good enough)
6. Slot not trusting fringe players Chiesa played well.
7. Edwards / Hughe take responsiblity for not adding players to team and why bought a GK when we have 3 already Jaros is good too.
8. Individual players coaching team need to improve them Nunez goal scoring ( technical) / Jones holding to long to the ball / Elliot ( spped ) / Quansah desicion making when with ball & Off ball .
9. Finally , time to off load players Tsimikas / Jota and buy a CB / LB/ DM / RF / CF and keep a bigger squad of at least 28 players ( u 21’s) .
Hello manjit, football is imprevisible, and have give and take, we got 3 points out of Newcastle and leave the cup to them.
We bought GK instead of attacking options or defence options. When ask they say it’s for bargain price.
The coach also doesn’t trust other than regular players, we should have win more matches if we use best on bench player. It is proved now Chiesa could change the game when given opportunity to him. But the coach don’t trust him, he better trust Jota than him, mo salah was absolutely absent on the pitch first r PSG 2 times and also against Newcastle, but he has to play till the end. We see the difference but can’t talk even we are losing a match. It’s their decision.
We are hopeful to win the pl but if we continue to lose and play like this, so you can imagine the damage to come end of May.
Arne slot is not serious in signing new players and he defeat 2-1 to give him a lesson.
everyone can see the LFC front line needs surgery, Jota not what he was, Darwin inconsistent and Diaz no end product,we need an update to stay competitive with a cynical CF ,sell these 3 plus Robinson and reinvest before we go backwards
this are player nos 7-8-38 too much of fancy foot styles game never see other around them how to improve
BUT
Not one player played well ,it just shows we need new players asp.
Arne Slot has to be ruthless in the summer and forget about players like Jota, Nunez, Diaz, Trent, Robertson and even Salah. We need a complete overhaul of the team. Ryan needs someone to share the No.6 role with. Harvey Elliot has paid his dues and has to be a regular in the team
Gravenberch..shoud sell away….find better midfielder. He just stand in the field have no bloody idea what to do. Very sure most of time ball pass to him he will back pass either to Konate or VanDijk. Endo much better then him. As his position he already score atleast 1 or 2, like wise Mc Alister & Szoboszlai did
Slot has not really impacted the team with his own style of play. Each time, I see Klopp’s style. I saw the downward slide coming. Never been impressed with their style despite their leadership of the pack. I fear their winning the league.