Arne Slot has plenty to consider during the international break after Chelsea condemned his Liverpool side to three consecutive defeats on Saturday, and a revelation from Marc Cucurella suggests a big change could be in the offing.<\/p>\n
Estevao\u2019s stoppage-time goal secured all three points for Chelsea, who fully deserved their victory having taken the lead through a stunning Moises Caicedo strike before Cody Gakpo levelled for the visitors.<\/p>\n
READ MORE: 16 Conclusions on Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool: \u2018Mini crisis\u2019, Slot, Maresca, Mac Allister, Estevao, Jota<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n After Gakpo\u2019s equaliser, and with both Benoit Badiashile and Josh Acheampong hobbling off for Chelsea to make it six senior centre-backs out through injury, Gary Neville insisted he could \u201conly see one winner\u201d. And yet, it was Enzo Maresca\u2019s side who continued to push before getting their reward.<\/p>\n \u201cA lot has been made of Liverpool\u2019s defensive work and rightly so, but that\u2019s not why they\u2019ve lost this game,\u201d Neville said on his podcast.\u201dThey\u2019ve lost this game because in the last 15-20 minutes, their creative players, their players in the final half of the pitch, the midfield players and the forwards were absolutely useless.\u201d<\/p>\n None more so than Mohamed Salah, whose downturn this season<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 which has seen him score three and assist three in ten games \u2013 will be a real concern for Slot, particularly if, as highlighted by Cucurella after the game, he\u2019s being targeted as a weakness.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we deserve it,\u201d Cucurella told Sky Sports. \u201cWe started the game very well and then the second half we started not in the right way again \u2013 we need to improve these things. But in general I think we deserve this win\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cWe know that Salah is always ready for the counter-attack so we practiced that and the manager said that the space might be there [on the right side of Liverpool].<\/p>\n \u201cWe saw that it was the last minute but we kept attacking. I tried to give my last effort and Enzo gave me the ball and I crossed for Estevao.\u201d<\/p>\n Conor Bradley was readily exposed by Alejandro Garnacho without the support of Salah on Liverpool\u2019s right flank and was hooked at half-time on a yellow card as he struggled to cope with the Argentinian alone. And following the departure of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Slot is yet to land on his preferred replacement.<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365<\/strong> Jeremie Frimpong was signed in the summer, but as feared following his use as a right wing-back at Bayer Leverkusen, looks like more of a winger. Bradley \u2013 as was the case against Chelsea \u2013 looks as though he could get sent off in each and every game he plays. And Dominik Szoboszlai is not a right-back.<\/p>\n
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