No masking the trouble Slot's facing

OSIMHEN CONDEMNS ARNE TO ANOTHER LOSS

- FROM PAUL GORST IN ISTANBUL

IT would hardly have needed a miracle of 2005 standards but Liverpool rarely looked like laying a glove on Galatasaray.

Back in the city where they pulled off one of the great comebacks to beat AC Milan on penalties to lift the Champions League, Arne Slot's side came away empty-handed.

The Premier League champions were looking for a response to Saturday's last-gasp 2-1 loss at Crystal Palace but wilted on an intense and painful evening.

Victor Osimhen's first-half penalty after Dominik Szoboszlai caught Baris Alper Yilmaz with a trailing arm proved the difference as Galatasaray triumphed at rocking Rams Park.

Cody Gakpo had seen an effort cleared off the line moments before the decisive spot-kick on an evening that saw Slot surprisingly decide to drop Mo Salah and Alexander Isak to the bench.