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Neville calls out Liverpool trio who were 'absolutely useless' against Chelsea
Oct 05 2025 11:38 · By Kostas Lianos/Kostas Lianos
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MANCHESTER UNITED legend Gary Neville lambasted Liverpool stars Mohamed Salah, Florian Wirtz and Cody Gakpo after their loss at Chelsea.
The Reds suffered a dramatic 2-1 defeat by the Blues on Saturday at Stamford Bridge after Estevao Willian's last-gasp winner in the fifth minute of stoppage time.
4 Manchester United legend Gary Neville lambasted three Liverpool stars Credit: Alex Livesey - Danehouse/Getty Images
4 Neville found Liverpool star Mohamed Salah to be wasteful Credit: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
4 Neville insists Liverpool star Florian Wirtz couldn't get in the game Credit: Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images
4 Cody Gakpo equalised for Liverpool but still got slammed by Neville Credit: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images
The Merseysiders looked like they were on course for another late comeback victory after Gakpo , 26, cancelled out Moises Caicedo's opener.
But instead, Arne Slot's men suffered their third loss on the trot across all competitions.
Neville, 50, didn't hold back on his scathing criticism when discussing Liverpool 's "absolutely useless" performance.
The Sky Sports pundit believes the defending Premier League champions' loss goes down to Gakpo, Salah , 33, and Wirtz, 22, being wasteful.
Neville said: "Games are won by intent teams that look like they want to win.
`'I'm not saying Liverpool didn't, they obviously did, but I thought that after they scored I was really disappointed by the level of their performance.
"A lot has been made of Liverpool's defensive work, and rightly so, but today that's not why they've lost this game.
"They've lost this game because in the last 15-20 minutes, their creative players, their players in the final half of the pitch, the midfielders and the forwards who were absolutely useless.
"They were giving the ball away like you wouldn't believe. Gakpo down here, Salah over on that far side; the wastage.
" Wirtz not knowing how to get into a game in the last 15 minutes when it was there for the taking, and just almost sort of marking Caicedo, I was watching him quite a lot."
Liverpool are now second in the Premier League table with only one point separating them from leaders Arsenal.