Liverpool started the season with seven straight wins as they threatened to sweep all before them but consecutive defeats underscore pressing issues that Arne Slot must address.The Egyptian was left out of the starting line-up in Turkey.

Arne Slot and Liverpool suffered three losses on Tuesday — a Champions League match in Turkiye that featured injuries to Alisson Becker and Hugo Ekitike.

Deployed in a variety of attacking roles, he has yet to register a goal or assist and has struggled to impose himself in high-intensity matches.

Former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher implored Arne Slot to take Florian Wirtz out of the starting XI during a scathing tirade of the “mess” engulfing the reigning Premier League champions.

Alisson Becker kept Liverpool in the game versus Galatasaray, and in doing so had to leave the UEFA Champions League contest on Tuesday.

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot said his decision to not start Mohamed Salah for Tuesday’s Champions League tie against Galatasaray was due to squad rotation. Salah, 33, was named on the bench for the league phase fixture in Istanbul, with Slot confirming before the game that Jeremie Frimpong would start on the right wing.

GOAL dishes out ratings to all of the Liverpool players involved in Tuesday's Champions League clash with Galatasaray, as Arne Slot's increasingly ragged Reds slumped to a dismal 1-0 defeat

Arne Slot's side were were exposed at the back, with Alisson their saviour as Baris Alper Yilmaz was able to race clear on goal even before Galatasary went ahead from the spot early on.