'Could have been worse than 1-0' - Nevin
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Former Chelsea winger Pat Nevin says Liverpool "sloppiness" in playing the ball out from the back meant their 1-0 defeat against Galatasaray in Istanbul "could have been worse".
"At half-time, we were talking about Liverpool getting caught with the press, not playing it out well, and being a little bit slow in their movement," he told BBC Radio 5 Live's Football Daily podcast.
"You're thinking that won't happen again - it did three or four times!
"Victor Osimhen could quite easily have scored and there were other opportunities where they could have flipped the ball through due to Liverpool's sloppiness in an area where they very rarely are.
"Gala were handed many opportunities that they didn't take and it could have been worse than 1-0 because of that. It is so un-Liverpool."
Nevin went on to suggest Liverpool will have to find solutions in matches where the opposition consistently raise their game to match the Premier League champions, noting teething problems for Arne Slot's new-look defence.
"Liverpool have the problem all great teams have which is when anyone plays them it's their biggest game," he said.
"[Milos] Kerkez is going to fly forward so there's going to be space in behind him.
"There were lots of difficult moments for [Dominik] Szoboszlai. Yes, he can play in that position but he's not a natural out-and-out full-back. He's not a specialist and it's a very specialist position.
"The understanding between [Ibrahima] Konate and [Virgil] Van Dijk wasn't great and they looked shaky and uncertain."
