4 touches in 28 minutes! The Reds 145 million man went to jail on the court. The three superstars were unable to defeat Slotte

In the early morning of October 1, a focus battle was staged in the second round of the first phase of the 2025/26 Champions League. The Reds Liverpool lost 0-1 away to the Turkish Super League giant Galatasaray, suffering two consecutive losses in all competitions. In this game, the Reds signed forward Isak, 145 million euros, came on as a substitute for 28 minutes, but only touched the ball 4 times, and seemed very lonely on the court. In this game, Salah, Isak and others were on standby, and Ekitic joined forces with Werz, Garkepo and Flynnon to charge. After the game began, neither side attacked against each other without being conservative. In the 4th minute, Ilmaz went to the meeting alone but was blocked by Alisson from the baseline. Subsequently, Liverpool's quick counterattack was also destroyed by its opponents. In the 15th minute of the game, Sobosloy was sentenced to a decisive foul in the penalty area. Osmaine took the penalty and took the penalty and Liverpool fell behind 0-1 away. At the end of the half, the score on the field was still 1-0.

In the 54th minute of the change of sides, Liverpool made another backcourt mistake. Alisson was unable to persist in being substituted after struggling to resolve Osmaine's single shot. In the 63rd minute, Liverpool replaced three players in a row, Bradley, Salah and Isak came on as substitutes, and Garkepo, Graffenberg and Flynnon came off the court to rest. Five minutes later, McAllister also appeared to replace the injured Ekitic. In the following time, both sides had no achievements, and the score of 1-0 was maintained to the end.

In this game, Liverpool's possession rate was 67%, 16 shots and 4 shots were not won, and all the best chances of scoring were wasted. Galatasaray, who played at home, scored 9 and 4 goals, scored 1 goal, with two excellent chances to score. Isaac came on as a substitute for 28 minutes in this game, but only had 4 touches in total, completing 2 passes and 1 shot.

Actually, this is not surprising. After the personnel adjustment in the second half of this game, Salah, Werz and Isak appeared in the frontcourt at the same time. This combination seems to be extremely powerful, but it is actually only reflected on paper. Because all the three superstars need the ball to exert their maximum power without exception. But Liverpool coach Slott obviously has no complete plan to allocate the ball reasonably, which has led to an embarrassing situation where Salah and Werz take turns to get the ball, and Isaac stares at the front line. McAllister, who came on as a substitute in the second half, was also taken care of by his opponents. He pressed his body close to him as soon as he got the ball, and he would never be allowed to catch the ball and turn around. In this way, Liverpool only has the full-back who dribbled the ball and broke through to the frontcourt, which also made Galatasaray more relaxed and relaxed on the defensive end.

As a result, Isaac, who could not get the ball, became a decoration. It was already very difficult for him to make 1 shot with four touches. However, it is not surprising that the Swedish striker was neglected by tactics. Salah is the Liverpool veteran and core, and Wiltz also participated in the full preseason with the team, while Isaac joined the team only after the new season has started, and both tactical adaptation and physical fitness need to be improved. So it's normal to start from a substitute. However, how to reasonably allocate the ball rights so that all three superstars can play comfortably is still a big problem for Slot.