I only watched the match for about 20 minutes of the first half because I saw Liverpool's poor performance and it was very disappointing and it wasn't just Van Djik who played badly but Konate was also one of the few who played badly, quite sad the only goal they scored was the result of a goal Arsenal player mistake, their attacking system is very weak as well as their defense
In the next three matches, Liverpool must be able to get full points because their three opposing teams are relatively very weak, but they must not be careless with Brentford and Luton, especially Luton, it seems like they are on fire because they managed to score eight goals in two matches. Liverpool must recover quickly because the competition has become very tight because currently not only Manchester City are their competitor but also Arsenal who have just beaten them.
It is true that Liverpool haven't made much effort even from the first half to the final minute obviously it's not Liverpool as we saw before, imagine in 90 minutes Liverpool only have 1 shot on target is this what is called a team at the top of the standings? we don't know what the problem is, but for sure Liverpool really played poorly and as you said they have to recover soon if they still want to compete for the Premier League title. There are still 15 more matches to fix it Jurgen Klopp also wants to give impressive memories to Liverpool before he leaves.
Missing some important players were affecting the club a lot. I remind you that liverpool was always winning by using counter attack strategy when salah and nunez was there caused by they fast and accurate. Things are changing a lot when they were not in the squad anymore.
This is greatly affecting the performance from the club. I do aware about how liverpool was struggling to score caused by there was no player who capable enough to run and does fast counter attack against arsenal. The main weakness from arsenal was facing a club that used defensive strategy but liverpool lack of player who can do that.
Nunez and salah were always fast and they were able running to the upfront in a short time. This is also the main reason liverpool was losing in this game. I know that if klopp may not put high expectation from this match caused by liverpool must be missing some important talents.
Liverpool can perform differently as long as salah and nunez were there but the club can only accept the fact that if liverpool was not the same as before. I do appreciate all of efforts being made by liverpool this time.
I hope that everything will be going even smoothly for manchester city to win the competition. Thanks arsenal. City is able leading the competition. How fast the change that happened in the squad.