Chaos descended on a nervous Anfield as Liverpool were forced to go nuclear again, but could not avoid a crushing 2-1 home defeat to Man United.

Liverpool 1-2 Man United

Premier League (8) | Anfield
October 19, 2025

Goals: Gakpo 78′; Mbeumo 2′, Maguire 84′

1. What style of football are Liverpool playing?

It’s a pretty pertinent question and one that causes worry when being asked in late October, particularly when there is no clear answer.

It’s understandable that Arne Slot‘s men were never going to roll out this season and play with exactly the same battle plan as the previous decorated campaign. Tactics are sussed out, for one, and also Liverpool do not have the same personnel.

Yet what is unfolding on a weekly basis right now, to much frustration, is Liverpool bursting to life in fits and starts, before fading into uncertainty. Rinse and repeat in cycles for 90 minutes and that’s another match passed by.

In the first 45, the player with arguably more space than anyone else was Milos Kerkez, who enjoyed a generous channel of space down the left. The Hungarian was able to take passes across his body time and time again, before...