Liverpool were embarrassing in their 4-1 loss to Napoli in the Champions League, with too many players to be comfortable producing appalling performances.
The Reds were destroyed by their Serie A opponents on Wednesday night, started badly and never recovered from that point on.
Napoli deservedly led 3-0 at halftime (Alisson also saved a penalty), but Luis Diaz at least scored a consolation after the break.
It was a chaotic night for Liverpool and certainly one of the poorest games of Jurgen Klopp’s tenure.
Here we compare our player ratings against those of the Liverpool Echo, the i, WhoScored and FotMob.
This was not a night to focus on who got the highest average, sadly we are going straight to the worst individuals!
It was Joe Gomez (3.7) who scored the lowest, in what was a night to forget for the 25-year-old.
He was to blame for at least two of the goals, with Echo’s Ian Doyle saying he lost his way “massively” in the first half.
TIA’s Henry Jackson claimed it was Gomez’s “worst game in a Liverpool shirt”, comparing him to Dejan Lovren against Tottenham in 2017.
The second-worst player was considered to be James Milner (4.1), with the veteran again completely out of the Reds’ groove.
Alasdair Mackenzie of inews felt it was a “welcome sight for Liverpool fans when Thiago replaced him”, which summed up their night.
Doyle added that Milner “looked every inch of his 36 years”, with Klopp surely now to keep him out of the team with Thiago back in the fold and even Arthur to fall back on.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (4.6) received the third lowest score of the night, as he continued his unlucky start to the season.
Jackson described him as “somewhat unacceptable” from the right back, in terms of his lack of defensive effort and all-round attitude.
Kudos to Diaz (7.5), though, who was Liverpool’s best player by a mile and scored a great goal.
The Colombian made five recoveries and won his only inning of the night, highlighting his effort levels while others floundered.
Next up for Liverpool is Saturday’s visit to Wolves in the Premier League (3pm BST), and Andy Robertson has already said: “We have to wake up and fast because we can’t act like this.”
