{"id":488925,"date":"2025-10-10T17:55:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/488925\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T17:55:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:55:12","slug":"robbie-fowler-says-he-saw-liverpool-do-something-vs-chelsea-that-he-really-didnt-like","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/488925\/","title":{"rendered":"Robbie Fowler says he saw Liverpool do something vs Chelsea that he really didn\u2019t like"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Liverpool\u2019s poor performance against Chelsea left fans worried as the international break kicked off.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Reds lost 2-1 at Stamford Bridge against Enzo Maresca\u2019s side, with Estevao Willian scoring the late winner to send the home fans into a frenzy.<\/p>\n

It was a game that was once again end-to-end, and that did not go in favour of Arne Slot\u2019s<\/a> team for a third time in a row that week, with Liverpool<\/a> fans left questioning what needs to change in the squad.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for them, they still sit second in the Premier League<\/a>, one point behind their title rivals Arsenal, and with the break coming to an end next week, it is an opportunity to get back in form.<\/p>\n

However, they have underperformed across all areas of the pitch, especially in defence, where the individual performances have been a cause for concern in terms of letting goals in.<\/p>\n

\"HeadPhoto by Robin Jones\/Getty ImagesRobbie Fowler wanted Liverpool to see out the Chelsea game<\/p>\n

Defensive problems have been the main issue across each of Liverpool\u2019s three losses. In the Chelsea game, their inability to run the clock out and prevent the opposition\u2019s chances caused more trouble than needed.<\/p>\n

But changes in the squad, which were forced through injury, caused more problems than had been anticipated for Slot\u2019s team.<\/p>\n

Robbie Fowler<\/a> also highlighted the side\u2019s inability to see out the game as the one issue he had with the performance against the London club.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Gary Lineker and Alan Shearer both think Arsenal will win the Premier League title over Liverpool<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

During an interview on The Added Time Podcast, the former Reds striker was very frank in his dislike of how Liverpool had approached the end of the game, given it was level before the 90th minute.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWhat I didn\u2019t like was towards the end of the game, and we said, you know, from a neutral point of view, it\u2019s probably a good game because it was two teams going back and forth, and you know, the neutral or you, that\u2019s what you want to see.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom a Liverpool fan point of view I\u2019m thinking well you know what see the game out and you know as much as you want to win every game it\u2019s important that you don\u2019t lose you know and that is the big thing which is sort of the gripe at Liverpool the weekend he kept wanting to go forward to try to win the game, but at some point it\u2019s like \u2018just don\u2019t lose\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Arne Slot needs to reinforce the defence more<\/p>\n

It is something that has been a real issue about the way they have played in the two recent league losses, but there is one fix that could help.<\/p>\n

While it may not be the most exciting change in games where the other team has been more dominant and posed a bigger threat, defensive reinforcements are a necessity.<\/p>\n

The injury to Ibrahima Konate forced Slot into the Wataru Endo change, but if it had not happened, it would have been likely that another attacker would have made an appearance.<\/p>\n

This game plan of throwing attackers on and hoping for the best is entertaining, but it feels like something which has caused more issues with openness to a response from opposition teams.<\/p>\n

Instead, bringing on an extra defender or defensive midfielder could help the attack, knowing there is an extra layer of protection and would probably make for a more composed end to games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool\u2019s poor performance against Chelsea left fans worried as the international break kicked off. The Reds lost 2-1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,101,37434,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-488925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-premier-league","13":"tag-robbie-fowler","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}