Slot notes that Konate 'definitely not the only one' making errors as Reds' form stumbles

ARNE SLOT believes Ibrahima Konate is paying the price for Liverpool's recent poor results as scrutiny grows over the form of the centre-back.

- By IAN DOYLE

Konate was below par in both last weekend's 2-1 Premier League defeat at Crystal Palace and the 1-0 Champions League reverse in Istanbul against Galatasaray on Tuesday.

The France international made a number of unforced errors including one in midweek that led to an opportunity for home striker Victor Osimhen from which Alisson Becker suffered a hamstring injury while racing back to save.

But Slot has pointed out Konate hasn't been the only player guilty of such avoidable mistakes over the past week.

"If you lose like we did versus Galatasaray and Palace it doesn’t help if you lose the ball easily," said the Reds boss.

"He (Konate) has been one of them, definitely not the only one because against Galatasaray, apart from penalty, maybe they got three of four moments from us losing simple balls without any pressure, which happened to him once in the Crystal Palace game and Galatasaray.

"If you lose a game in football, there is so much focus on that moment and, all of sudden, 90 minutes have been very poor and that's not what I analyse game one more time and see what we did well and wrong.