Wayne Rooney insists that Liverpool have a \u201cclear problem\u201d that Chelsea \u201cexploited\u201d as the Reds lost 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Chelsea took an early lead through a brilliant strike from Moises Caicedo with Cody Gakpo getting an equaliser on 63 minutes to give Liverpool<\/strong><\/a> a chance to cling on to top spot in the Premier League.<\/p>\n However, Estevao scored a goal in second-half injury time with the Brazilian youngster sliding in at the back post to convert a Marc Cucurella cross.<\/p>\n Liverpool, who spent over \u00a3400m on new signings over the summer, have now lost three games in a row to Crystal Palace, Galatasaray and now Chelsea.<\/p>\n The Reds also gave up top spot in the Premier League<\/strong><\/a> to Arsenal, who beat West Ham 2-0 on Saturday and Rooney thinks Liverpool need to sort out an issue at right-back if they are to be successful this season.<\/p>\n Liverpool, who lost Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid in the summer transfer window, have a \u201cclear problem\u201d in that position, according to the former Manchester United striker.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a016 Conclusions on Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool: \u2018Mini crisis\u2019, Slot, Maresca, Mac Allister, Estevao, Jota<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Rooney said on BBC\u2019s Match of the Day<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s a clear problem Liverpool have got in the right back area. Conor Bradley has come off twice at half-time in the last two league games.<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019ve tried Dominik Szoboszlai but it hasn\u2019t really worked for him. Jeremie Frimpong was on the bench today but didn\u2019t get on so they\u2019ve tried three right-backs in seven league games.<\/p>\n \u201cChelsea have seen that and exploited it. The Liverpool back-four were all over the place at times, there were warning signs early on.<\/p>\n \u201cBradley got a yellow card and I\u2019m sure that was a big factor in him getting subbed off at half-time. It was a big problem for Liverpool today as it has been all season.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> Reacting to defeat at Chelsea, Liverpool boss Arne Slot said:\u00a0\u201cIf you play at Stamford Bridge and create as many chances as we did today that is something positive we take.<\/p>\n \u201cWe conceded two goals in both games [against Palace last week and Chelsea today], the only chance they had in the first half \u2013 maybe you should compliment them \u2013 unfortunately we couldn\u2019t score.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter we scored 1-1 it went our way and I think I was waiting for us to score the second. Decision making could\u2019ve been better, last 10-15 minutes was end-to-end.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s fine margins like it\u2019s been for as long as I\u2019ve been here. Last week, same as this week two difficult away games, the fine margins haven\u2019t been in our favour.<\/p>\n \u201cIn both games we\u2019ve created more chances than the team we have faced \u2013 Palace and Chelsea \u2013 but the truth is that we have only scored once in both games and our opponent has scored twice.\u201d<\/p>\n
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