One Liverpool participant was accused of getting a ‘nightmare’ efficiency within the 2-1 defeat to Crystal Palace on Saturday.
The Reds’ unbeaten begin to the season got here crashing down after a 98th-minute Eddie Nketiah aim at Selhurst Park, with Arne Slot lamenting the way through which his crew defended in that fateful second.
That the groups had been degree going into stoppage time owed loads to Alisson Becker, who produced three excellent saves to bail out his teammates throughout a rancid first half for the guests.
Two of these steemed from errors by Ibrahima Konate, whose Tenth-minute error led to an opportunity for Yeremy Pino, and who later allowed Jean-Philippe Mateta to breeze previous him and discover himself one-on-one with the Liverpool goalkeeper, who got here to his crew’s rescue.
Konate criticised for ‘nightmare’ show in opposition to Palace
Martin Keown was scathing of the Reds defender throughout the first half, saying on Last Rating for BBC Sport: “Jean-Philippe Mateta is giving Ibrahima Konate a nightmare. Konate is making Mateta look world-class. Van Dijk can also’t get close to him.”
Chris Sutton on BBC Radio 5 Stay was equally crucial of the 26-year-old as he declared [via RTK]: “It’s unbelievable, isn’t it? I believe this season, they’ve [Liverpool] appeared lax defensively.
“I’ve seen Konate quite a few instances, slack as something. [He] bought there in entrance of Mateta, however Mateta simply pinches the ball off him, comes round him, one-v-one with Alisson.
“I believe he might go round Alisson. He doesn’t, he opens his physique up to enter the far nook. Alisson reads it; one other massive, massive save.”

Not Konate’s greatest day on the workplace for Liverpool
Konate had been having fun with a string of commanding performances for Liverpool earlier than at the moment, however he gained’t look again on his efficiency at Selhurst Park with fondness, having been given the runaround by Mateta specifically.
Ian Doyle gave the defender a lowly 4/10 in his post-match participant scores for the Liverpool Echo, writing that the Reds’ quantity 5 was ‘massively out of kinds’ and likewise noting his yellow card earlier than being substituted by Slot within the 74th minute.
It wasn’t all dangerous from the 26-year-old, who gained essentially the most duels of anybody for his crew (eight), misplaced simply three out of 98 passes (97% success) and made 10 clearances, whereas he solely misplaced the ball 4 instances from 117 touches (Sofascore).
Nonetheless, Konate will know that he was culpable of some horrible lapses within the first half specifically, and Liverpool’s margin of defeat would’ve been considerably larger had been it not for Alisson’s brilliance.
The Frenchman managed to bounce again from a few tough outings firstly of the season to excel in opposition to Arsenal and in subsequent video games. Hopefully he can put at the moment behind him and play extra like his ordinary self when the Reds face Galatasaray on Tuesday.