Overview

• Liverpool fell 2-1 at Chelsea on Estevao’s 95th-minute winner, marking a third straight loss after an early-season surge and leaving the champions a point off Arsenal.
• Ibrahima Konaté exited after feeling his quad and Andy Robertson finished hobbling, adding to absences for Alisson Becker and ACL‑stricken Giovanni Leoni.
• Arne Slot replaced booked right-back Conor Bradley at half-time and used Dominik Szoboszlai as a makeshift full-back, as Chelsea’s Marc Cucurella said the hosts targeted space on Mohamed Salah’s flank.
• Gary Neville criticised Liverpool’s late-game attackers as “absolutely useless,” while Daniel Sturridge argued the sale of Luis Díaz has blunted the team’s pressing and questioned leaving Florian Wirtz out from the start.
• Liverpool are reported to be assessing Crystal Palace’s Maxence Lacroix after a failed move for Marc Guehi, with Wirtz under growing scrutiny and selection puzzles up front before the October 19 visit of Manchester United.