OPINION
It was another tricky day at the office for Liverpool midfielder Naby Keita in his side’s 4-3 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday. The Guinea international simply cannot seem to get to grips with English football, and he struggled again at Anfield. To be fair, he did seem to be the victim of a tactical mishap from Jurgen Klopp. He was being playing too far out wide rather than centrally, and wasn’t able to influence proceedings because he was marooned on the left hand side. He did grab an assist for Roberto Firmino’s goal, which will hopefully give him some confidence moving forward. However, the signs aren’t good for Keita at Liverpool. We are still waiting to see the player who bossed the midfield in the Bundesliga for RB Leipzig. Fabinho and Jordan Henderson seemed to put more of a stamp on this game in midfield and, for whatever reason, it’s just not been happening for the 23-year-old.
Live4Liverpool has rounded up some of the best tweets below.
https://twitter.com/ReallyMattTreat/status/1086651130891796481
https://twitter.com/MikeyO_BrienLFC/status/1086651068950269959
Keita can not keep pace with the team.
— JCVRENAS (@jcvrenas) January 19, 2019
— BeardedDragon (@yashasva) January 19, 2019
Naby Keita has been so poor #LIVCRY
— Just Kay 🇬🇭 (@gideonlfc) January 19, 2019
Keita so far looks very ordinary #lfc
— Babak (@BabakShah) January 19, 2019
Keita not been good today either starting to get a bit worried about him
— Jonte LFC (@jontelfc86) January 19, 2019
i think we all have to admit that keita is flop
— Moody (@MosbyLFC) January 19, 2019
Naby Keita truly has been abysmal. In every area. Passing is so inaccurate and he judges passes poorly. His first touch is that of Lukaku. #LFC
— Mike (@YouDieByJumpers) January 19, 2019
Keita keeps being played as a winger. He looks out of his depth at midfield half the time, never mind in the wrong position. I thought he'd be quality but he hasn't come into his own yet. I never said this about Ox or Fabinho either. #LFC
— Alex Sourlis (@sourlis_alex) January 19, 2019
