Galatasaray-v-Liverpool-UCL Lucas Torreira of Galatasaray SK challenged by Curtis Jones of Liverpool FC during the UEFA Champions League match between Galatasaray and Liverpool at the Rams Park on September 30, 2025 Istanbul Istanbul Turkey Copyright: xYagizxGurtugx
Liverpool haven’t had the best of games in the past five days. Despite having been on a seven-game unbeaten run, Arne Slot has faced brewing issues in their last two matches.
First, the Merseysiders’ visit to London for the second time triggered another bad performance. Slot’s men played in Wembley in their first game of the season, losing to Crystal Palace.
The FA Community Shield game wasn’t something the Reds had expected as the Eagles beat them on penalties. However, the club bounced back as they went on to win seven games in a row after that.
Despite the wins, there were underlying problems that faced criticism. Liverpool lost leads too easily, but then only won matches in the final minutes.
This led to the experts questioning the viability of their unbeaten run as Oliver Glasner turned the tables when the Glaziers defeated Slot’s men with an injury-time winner.
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Curtis Jones Liverpool criticism aligns with Virgil van Dijk
Skipper Virgil van Dijk’s criticism doubled down as the Dutchman confronted a few small problems in the team. Van Dijk emphasised the basics after their UEFA Champions League loss.
“Like I said, I hate losing, and there shouldn’t be panic, but there definitely should be improvement needed. I think it was a step-up in terms of the willingness, the hard work that we put in from the weekend, but that was not really too difficult because on the weekend it was just bad”, Van Dijk told the press.
Curtis Jones followed the same footsteps as the midfielder also claimed that the team shouldn’t panic and that they should double down on the basics.
“If you look left and right, there are world-class lads all around. But it is not all about that, it’s about lads who want to go and win. It’s OK if you’re nice on the ball and stuff like that, but you have to go and win, work hard and run more.”
“The lads know that, of course, they do, but you have games like this and it won’t be the last as well. We would be mad to think we can turn up and just win these games. It’s about how much we want to win.”
Jones still thought there were positives that they could build on them. He also focused on the next games against Chelsea as Liverpool face them on Saturday.
“Of course, we’re upset, but there are positives to take, and there is a game again in three days, and we have to go again.”
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