{"id":24500,"date":"2025-10-05T02:53:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/gary-nevilles-name-was-the-liverpool-star-who-looked-like-a-baby-defeated-against-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T02:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T06:53:45","slug":"gary-nevilles-name-was-the-liverpool-star-who-looked-like-a-baby-defeated-against-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/gary-nevilles-name-was-the-liverpool-star-who-looked-like-a-baby-defeated-against-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville&#8217;s name was the Liverpool star who looked like a &#8220;baby&#8221; defeated against Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/gary-nevilles-name-was-the-liverpool-star-who-looked-like-a-baby-defeated-against-chelsea\/#Gary_Neville_was_critical_of_Milos_Kerkez\" >Gary Neville was critical of Milos Kerkez<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/gary-nevilles-name-was-the-liverpool-star-who-looked-like-a-baby-defeated-against-chelsea\/#Liverpools_defense_has_been_struggling_this_season\" >Liverpool&#8217;s defense has been struggling this season<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool was hit in a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as 18-year-old substitute Estevao Willian was hit in a halt to seal the misery of the visitors, leading to a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, with former England right-back Gary Neville not refraining from post-match evaluation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neville picked left-back Milos Kerquez for criticism of Sky Sports, describing the young defender as &#8220;naive&#8221; and saying &#8220;it looks like a baby there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The comments fueled discussions about Liverpool&#8217;s shape and their defensive frailty after a series of results that made supporters more concerned.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea&#8217;s dramatic victory was the 95th minute winner following Moyes Caseko&#8217;s early strike and Cody Gakupo&#8217;s second half equalizer, giving the Blues three key points that caught Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>The late defeat continued the Reds&#8217; worrying sequence. The Reds have admitted a later goal that has lost consecutive matches throughout the competition and changed momentum from momentum. The outcome and the way of defeat prompted a strong response.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Gary_Neville_was_critical_of_Milos_Kerkez\"><\/span>Gary Neville was critical of Milos Kerkez<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Neville was particularly dull about Kerquez&#8217;s performance.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Boy Kerkes, I&#8217;m honestly saying to you, at this point he looks like a player on the youth team.&#8221;<\/em> He said on Gary Neville&#8217;s podcast.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I know he&#8217;s a good player, but he looks like he&#8217;s playing on a youth team, or under the age of 21. He looks very naive. He looks like a baby there. He&#8217;s lost his 50s to 50s in Neto!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;He&#8217;s had Premier League experience. He&#8217;s not coming from other countries. He has a lot of games under his belt, he&#8217;s played on these lots before, so I was hoping he&#8217;d put in the slots.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOne thing is, he plays with Virgil Vandic, the best center half in the world, so if you want to play in the back four, you want to play with a good defender.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAnd he has a hard-working player on that side, and that&#8217;s not that he&#8217;s playing right with Sarah in front of him.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;But I have to say he&#8217;s been struggling since the first 10 minutes of his match against Bournemouth in the first game of the season.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liverpools_defense_has_been_struggling_this_season\"><\/span>Liverpool&#8217;s defense has been struggling this season<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chelsea-v-liverpool-premier-league-1-1-414x276.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chelsea-v-liverpool-premier-league-1-1-630x420.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chelsea-v-liverpool-premier-league-1-1-768x512.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chelsea-v-liverpool-premier-league-1-1-770x513.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chelsea-v-liverpool-premier-league-1-1-900x600.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chelsea-v-liverpool-premier-league-1-1-1200x800.jpg.webp 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/chelsea-v-liverpool-premier-league-1-1.jpg.webp 1514w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pedro Neto of Chelsea Battle for ownership with Liverpool&#8217;s Milos Kerquez (Justin Setterfield\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Neville&#8217;s harsh verdict on Kerquez only amplifies Liverpool&#8217;s recent scrutiny.<\/p>\n<p>One performance should not define a player&#8217;s career, but the combination of a delay in defeat and a swinging defensive display means that the margin of error is smaller on the Arne Slot&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool needs to find immediate solutions through isolated errors, such as tactical tweaks, personnel changes, and psychological resets, and isolated error types, which are described as being a recurring theme of risk rather than isolated incidents.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>James Pierce suggests a major injury blow for Liverpool after Chelsea&#8217;s defeat<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool was hit in a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge as 18-year-old substitute Estevao Willian was hit in a halt to seal the misery of the visitors, leading to a 2-1 defeat to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, with former England right-back Gary Neville not refraining from post-match evaluation. 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