LONDON :Liverpool boss Arne Slot candidly admitted his team was second best at Crystal Palace on Saturday, rightly accepting the last-minute Eddie Nketiah winner that ended their 100 per cent record this season was thoroughly merited.

But what will most concern the Dutchman is that his side's vulnerabilities, which have been on display in their otherwise winning start to this campaign, were exploited so consistently at Selhurst Park.

Liverpool began this term by giving up two-goal leads against Bournemouth and Newcastle United before snatching victory late on, also needing late winners against Arsenal, Burnley and Atletico Madrid, the latter after another 2-0 lead was squandered.

When Federico Chiesa, one of the heroes against Bournemouth on the first night of the Premier League season,

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