Osimhen's Galatasaray outsmarted us — Liverpool boss makes interesting admission after Champions League defeat

Liverpool's head coach Arne Slot analysed their defeat to Galatasaray at Rams Park.

Liverpool boss Arne Slot insists that they are not far off the title-winning form they displayed last season, despite losing consecutive games and needing late winners in the matches before that. 

The Reds were beaten 1-0 by a Victor Osimhen strike for Galatasaray in their second UCL fixture of the season. Slot believes he did not play poorly, and were only “outsmarted” by Cim-Bom. 

What Slot said 

The Dutchman expressed his disappointment, believing his team started the match well. They fell behind after Dominik Szoboszlai’s hand hit Baris Alper Yilmaz’s face in the box and Slot argued that the Turkish winger sold the foul and made it seem worse than it was. 

“Again, disappointed. For me, this was a different performance on and off the ball [than Crystal Palace]. First half we played quite well and had a big chance to go 1-0 up,” he said, per the BBC. 

"It is difficult to compare this situation to before. We are sometimes a bit outsmarted in situations like this and I cannot blame Dominik Szoboszlai for the situation. They make a 20% penalty a 100% penalty, which is very smart from them.”

On their form in recent games, he believes they are on the right track and were close to the level which helped them win their 20th league title last campaign. 

"We are not so far [off the level shown last season]. This is sometimes what the schedule can bring; Galatasaray is not a simple game. We now play Chelsea away, a difficult game.”

"The margins are small and they were last season. For the second time in a row, we are on the wrong side.

"I saw a lot of things in the first half, but the second half was much less. I don't think in the second half there was a lot of playing time; their striker was on the floor four or five times. It was difficult to get momentum in the game."