Liverpool melted 4 because of the nightmare on Home Park before Plymouth in the fourth round of the FA Cup. The Kop is the Premier League dominant team, leading the Champions League class and has reached the League Cup final. However, in a day of not as good as opponents, Liverpool became a victim of a earthquake.
The British teams used to be very powerful in a long period like Man United or Man City have a treble. However, they have never won 4 official titles in a season (Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and League Cup). In the 2021-2022 season, Liverpool won both the FA Cup and League Cup. But in the end, they came second in the Premier League and lost to Real Madrid in the Champions League final.
This is the second defeat in the last 2 weeks of Liverpool. Earlier, they also lost 2-3 against PSV Eindhoven in the 8th round of the Champions League. Thereby, The Kop could not complete the record of winning all 8 matches in this round. Liverpool won a lot from the beginning of the tournament and ice in all competitions. There will be times when Arne Slot's teachers and students have to fail and that is now.
Liverpool was not traumatized by the storm this season, even they had almost full force. Therefore, Arne Slot can freely rotate the squad to fight many fronts. The match against PSV, despite losing, Liverpool still achieves the goal. However, with the script to rotate the player as before PSV, Liverpool stopped at the FA Cup against Plymouth.
One of the most noticeable points about Liverpool against Plymouth is the difference between the main and reserve stars. Of all stars considered to be the pillar, only Curtis Jones, Kostas Tsimikas and Luis Diaz appeared on the list of competitions against Plymouth. Even when Liverpool lost, Jones was not allowed to launch.
Only Arne Slot knows how important FA Cup is. There are many streams of views that he wants to keep the strength of other playgrounds so let go of the FA Cup. In contrast, the objects said that with such a full squad and the opponent was just a championship team, this defeat was unstable.
It was not until the second half of the second half that the pressure from Liverpool was felt clearly on the Plymouth goal. However, all gave in the excellence of goalkeeper Conor Hazard of the home team. It's been a long time since Liverpool lost such a comprehensive match.
Arne Slot once said that failure did not bring anything good and this defeat could not be cured. Liverpool could only beat Everton with a strong score in the Premier League offset to temporarily erase this sadness.
After the match, Arne Slot said he did not regret using this squad. He shared that people like Harvey Elliott, Federico Chiesa, Kostas Tsimikas and Wataru Endo really need more matches to play. If not, it is difficult for them to progress and create competitiveness in the squad.
Statistics show that Chiesa has only 1/10 successful balls. Meanwhile, Tsimikas has only 1/10 of the ball accurate. The exact passing rate of only 71% is the worst number for Harvey Elliott from the beginning of the season until now. If these factors do not get more to improve, until the need to rotate or replace people, slot will not have quality names.
Liverpool has been very far away this season, which is unimaginable if looking at the reviews at the beginning of the season. A defeat at the FA Cup is very sad but it should not be the cause for a decline. Mo Salah and his teammates will return very early to prove that they are still the strongest team in Europe at this time.
