Six substitutions on the hour make Liverpool's 3-2 friendly defeat to Monaco easy to shrug off, except Monaco had already come back from 2-0 down and equalised ten minutes after half-time. The late winner tells us very little once the side was changed, but losing control before the mass changes is harder to dismiss. In Andoni Iraola's first match at Anfield, was that just pre-season legs or the first warning about managing a lead? Report: https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/liverpool-beaten-monaco-pre-season-friendly-anfield
Liverpool 2-3 Monaco pre-season friendly at Anfield
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The 2-2 concerns me less because of the minute than because of the play: Biereth shoots, Mamardashvili saves, and the same striker collects the rebound. That alone does not prove that Liverpool had lost control of the match; it could also be a second poorly finished action. To talk about a problem in defending the lead, one would have to see whether Monaco was already generating several such arrivals or if the equaliser was an isolated incident.
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El 2-2 me preocupa menos por el minuto que por la jugada: Biereth remata, Mamardashvili salva y el mismo delantero recoge el rebote. Eso no prueba por sí solo que Liverpool hubiera perdido el control del partido; también puede ser una segunda acción mal cerrada. Para hablar de un problema al defender la ventaja, habría que ver si el Mónaco ya estaba generando varias llegadas así o si el empate fue una acción aislada.