Neville: Wiltz s understanding of the game seems naive, he has a bad running position and is involved in defense too much

Sports     12:28pm, 5 October 2025

In the 7th round of the Premier League, Liverpool lost 1-2 to Chelsea away and suffered a three-game losing streak. Neville commented on the performance of several Liverpool's forward players.

Neville: "I was disappointed with their performance after Liverpool scored. Liverpool did a good job in defense, which is rightfully so it was not the reason they lost the game. They lost the game because in the last 15-20 minutes, their creative players, backcourts, midfielders, frontcourt players were completely useless.

"They lost the ball incredible amount. Garkepo and Salah were wasted opportunities. Wiltz had the opportunity to turn the situation around in the last 15 minutes, but he didn't know how to cut into the game and was almost stared at by Kesedo.

"I think Liverpool's striker is too bad. Salah is great, how can you blame him for his stability, reliability and excellent performance? But some of his decisions today are really confusing, and when he cuts in, you always feel that he should be legendary or make smarter choices, and his finishing ability is poor.

"Isaac, I think the start is pretty good, but I didn't get into the shape completely later.

"Wilz was disappointed when he came on as a substitute. His understanding of the game seemed childish. I saw him just running slowly, too deep when he shouldn't go deep, but close to his opponent when he shouldn't be close to his body. Sometimes he was too honest - he actually retreated to defense, which sounds crazy.

"He should have been smart, staring at the midfielder who was far behind, ready to raid from behind the opponent at any time. His position is too easy to predict at present, which is disappointing.

"Liverpool's performance today is a bad one. This is the last 15 minutes I have seen Liverpool in a long time, because the Chelsea defending foursome have been set. Since you have all scored goals, you should take advantage of the victory and chase the game."

source:7m vn cn