Liverpool’s 4/10 flop was even worse than Elliott

Up thus far, Arne Slot‘s Liverpool hadn’t actually proven seen chinks of their armour, with an EFL Cup ultimate on the horizon and a high spot within the Premier League very firmly of their grasp.

Nonetheless, after Sunday afternoon’s disastrous journey to Devon, the Reds will likely be involved in regards to the energy of their full squad, as a much-changed Liverpool aspect crashed out of the FA Cup 1-0 to decrease league opposition Plymouth Argyle.

Slot will likely be disenchanted with a complete host of his reserve faces after this crushing defeat on the highway, due to this fact, notably in terms of the lacklustre displaying of Harvey Elliott, who gifted the Pilgrims the golden penalty that sealed their gigantic Cup upset.

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Harvey Elliott’s efficiency in numbers

Certainly, this may have been seen as an enormous alternative for Elliott to show that he belongs in his supervisor’s most important workforce choices shifting ahead, having made zero starts within the Premier League this season below the Dutchman.

As an alternative, the ex-Feyenoord boss will really feel much more mounted in his ways in which Elliott is not worthy of standard minutes in his first XI, with an apparent handball early into the second half permitting Ryan Hardie to be Plymouth’s hero from the spot.

Away from this horror second at Residence Park in isolation, the 21-year-old by no means appeared comfy all afternoon lengthy, with possession given up a pricey 20 times by the out-of-sorts quantity 19, because the well-drilled hosts have been always awarded methods into the sport to drag off a shock win.

While Elliott’s handball will steal the vast majority of the headlines about the place Liverpool went incorrect, there have been far worse performers from a Reds perspective, with a limp attacker for the away aspect actually struggling to get going towards the Championship’s basement outfit.

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Chiesa’s efficiency in numbers

Federico Chiesa was in the very same boat as his midfield teammate heading into this contest in Devon, with the Italian having to make do with the odd bench look right here and there in league motion.

For a expertise that was as soon as named within the Serie A workforce of the season, it was barely embarrassing to see how little he may supply towards a workforce that sat all-time low of the second tier, no matter how nicely organised and dogged the hosts have been.

Chiesa’s efficiency in numbers
Stat	Chiesa
Minutes performed	90
Touches	61
Correct passes	19/29 (66%)
Correct crosses	1/4
On-target photographs	0
Profitable dribbles	1/10
Possession misplaced	29x
Complete duels gained	4/17
Stats by Sofascore

He was means off his scintillating greatest in Italy enjoying at Residence Park that is for certain, with the numbers above making for some grim studying as Chiesa did not hit a single on-target effort at Conor Hazard’s busy internet.

Described as “atrocious” by one Reds content creator, the underperforming 27-year-old additionally solely managed to finish one profitable dribble from ten tried, throw away possession a colossal 29 occasions and additional added insult to harm by profitable simply 23% of his duels on the day.

Due to this fact, it wasn’t a terrific shock to see Chiesa obtain some pelters after the well-known FA Cup conflict was over, with Each day Specific journalist Amos Murphy handing out a 4/10 rating to the ex-Juventus man, stating that Slot ‘would’ve wished extra’ from a participant who has proven his class on the massive event beforehand in his profession.

Within the right here and now, he floundered sadly, with the Reds quantity 14 now firmly chucked again into the reserve image after such a colorless efficiency.

While Plymouth will nonetheless be celebrating this mammoth victory for a lot of days to return, Slot will hope he can put this one down as a nasty day on the workplace for his aspect earlier than then returning to profitable methods, with the Dutchman now nicely conscious that his full squad cannot minimize it when thrust into the highlight.