Slots will be replaced in the morning by Salah bench Liverpool, 11 sweatless → shock Anfield

Dec 04, 2025

Slots will be replaced in the morning by Salah bench Liverpool, 11 sweatless → shock Anfield



Slots will be replaced in the morning by Salah bench Liverpool, 11 sweatless → shock Anfield
Defending champion Liverpool is falling without wings.

Liverpool, led by head coach Arne Slot, barely drew 1-1 in the 14th round home game of the English Premier League (EPL) in the 2025-2026 season against promoted team Sunderland at Anfield in Liverpool, England, on the 4th (Korea time).

Liverpool, which set the stage for a rebound with a 2-0 win in the away game of West Ham United at the weekend, ranked eighth with seven wins, one draw and seven losses and 22 points due to a slump of one win in the last four games and only two wins in the last nine games. On the same day, it was 11 points apart from leading Arsenal (33 points), who defeated Brentford 2-0.




More shockingly, he suffered a '3 consecutive home winless wins' including a cup tournament at Anfield, once called the 'Mausoleum of the Away Team'. Liverpool were completely defeated by Nottingham Forest (League) and PSV Eindhoven (Champions League) last month with 0-3 and 1-4, respectively. He has recorded two wins, one draw and four losses in his last seven home games.

Local analysts say the draw will have a big impact on the slot coach's future. EPL usually replaces managers with poor performance before and after Christmas in order to turn around in the second half. Slot led the team to victory in the summer of 2024 by taking the helm instead of former coach Jurgen Klopp, but in the second season, he is showing off his side like 'disaster'.

Sunderland jumped from seventh to sixth with six wins, five draws and three losses and 23 points.




Slots will be replaced in the morning by Salah bench Liverpool, 11 sweatless → shock Anfield
Liverpool set Alexander Isaac as the one-top offensive spearhead and built a second line with Dominic Sobosley, Florian Birtz and Cody Hakpo. Mohamed Salah sat on the bench for the second consecutive game. Ryan Hravenberg, Alexis McAllister set up the midfield, while Joe Gomes, Ibrahima Konate, Virgil van Dijk and Andy Robertson lined the four backs. Alisson wore goalkeeper gloves.

The Sunderland faced Liverpool with Brian Brobury, Ensorfe, Noah Saddiqi, Granit Saka, Talbi, Hayildo Mandaba, Omar Alderrette, Daniel Ballard, Nordi Mukiele, Tri Hume and Robin Roefs.

Liverpool took the lead in the 9th minute of the first half with Sobalai's threatening shot. In the 19th and 23rd minutes, Isaac and Birz knocked on the goal one after another, but they were in vain. The early flow was good. It was similar to the game against West Ham, which excluded Salah from the starting plan.




However, Liverpool, which failed to score the first goal with good momentum, began to show signs of anxiety by allowing Alderrette and Hume to shoot consecutively at the end of the first half. The first half ended without scoring as Alisson saved Talbi's shot in the first minute of extra time.

Slots will be replaced in the morning by Salah bench Liverpool, 11 sweatless → shock Anfield
Slots will be replaced in the morning by Salah bench Liverpool, 11 sweatless → shock Anfield
The slot manager took out his school uniform at half-time and put in Salah, making the game work early. But it was Sunderland who scored the first goal. In the 22nd minute of the second half, Talbi's right-footed mid-range shot aimed at the left corner of the goal was sucked into the goal.

Frustrated, Liverpool took out McAllister and put striker Hugo Ekittike in to take the reins of their pursuit. In the 36th minute, Liverpool scored their long-awaited goal 81 minutes into the match. Birtz, who was handed Curtis Jones' pass, beat two defenders with a simple dribble in the penalty area and swung his left foot. The ball that left Birz's foot deflected off the opponent's defender's leg and led to a score. It was recorded as Mukiele's own goal, and Birtz's debut goal was postponed to the next.

Liverpool then launched a wave of attacks, but failed to break through Sunderland's hand-to-hand defense. Rather, he faced a desperate crisis in which Wilson Isdor was given a one-on-one chance with the goalkeeper in the fourth minute of extra time, but he escaped the crisis by clearing the defender. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.