Overview

• Liverpool fell 2-1 at Chelsea on Estevao’s 95th‑minute finish, marking a third straight defeat after earlier losses to Crystal Palace and Galatasaray.
• Arne Slot said Ibrahima Konaté was withdrawn due to quad discomfort rather than tactics, while Andy Robertson left hobbling as defensive fitness concerns grew.
• Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella said they trained to exploit space on Liverpool’s right with Mohamed Salah advanced, a tactic that produced the late winner and fed debate over the right-back role.
• Gary Neville castigated Liverpool’s attacking quartet late on as “absolutely useless,” and Jamie Carragher renewed warnings about the team’s end‑to‑end ‘basketball’ tendencies and defensive openness.
• After a failed push for Marc Guehi and with Giovanni Leoni out for the season, reports link Liverpool to Maxence Lacroix as scrutiny intensifies on big‑money signings, with Florian Wirtz urged by Dietmar Hamann to deliver by Christmas before talks escalate.