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Marseille boss Roberto De Zerbi makes ‘silly’ Liverpool admission and points finger at one player

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Marseille boss Roberto De Zerbi was not happy after the home Champions League defeat to Liverpool on Wednesday evening

 

 

Marseille boss Roberto De Zerbi speaks to the media after the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 league phase against

 

Roberto De Zerbi lamented the “silly” moments he believes cost his Marseille side as they tumbled to a heavy home Champions League defeat against Liverpool. The Reds earned a deserved 3-0 win at the Stade Velodrome on Wednesday night to put themselves in a strong position to qualify directly to the last 16 with a final opening stage game at home to Qarabag to come next week.

 

 

By contrast, Marseille must now win at Club Brugge to ensure they make the play-offs having slipped to 19th place in the table, just one point clear of those outside the cut-off point of 24th.

 

 

Dominik Szoboszlai opened the scoring on the stroke of half-time with a cheeky free-kick under the Marseille wall before Jeremie Frimpong forced an own goal by home goalkeeper Geronimo Rulli and substitute Cody Gakpo completed the scoring with the last kick of the match.

 

 

 

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And when asked what his biggest regret of the night was, Marseille boss De Zerbi said: “I don’t like the word ‘regret’. We played badly, we didn’t play well.

 

“We conceded a silly goal from a free-kick. It’s true, we were playing against Liverpool… but knowing that, we should have done much more, especially in the first half. We didn’t know how to deal with Liverpool.

 

 

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“We had opportunities to do better. We didn’t take them. The attitude, the will, was there, but it’s not enough against Liverpool.

 

“We also need to understand football, how to play the ball out from the back, make fewer misplaced passes, and show more personality.

 

“We already knew our opponent was stronger, but we could still do better.”

 

 

De Zerbi believes Marseille would have fared better had they made greater use of France World Cup winner Benjamin Pavard and pointed the finger at the player himself for not making more of an impact.

 

“We didn’t understand that the game revolved around Pavard,” said the Marseille boss. “He himself didn’t realise he was the solution. We lost silly possession because we didn’t understand the flow of the game; we kept playing through the middle.

 

“Pavard could have scored in the first half; he found himself one-on-one with the keeper. We could have pushed forward more down the wings with Pavard and Murillo.

 

 

“Pavard can and should attack. And that’s the problem: staying like that in the first half. Kondogbia needed to spread out to the right and Pavard needed to push forward more to put Liverpool under pressure.

 

“Mac Allister and Szoboszlai were constantly marking Kondogbia and Hojbjerg. We should have spread the ball wide to get it out of our own half. But we couldn’t stop playing, so we kept playing through the middle. It annoyed me that we didn’t read the game properly.

 

“After the break, the game opened up, and when you give Liverpool space, you’re bound to suffer.”

 

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The contract and paperwork are already in place for Liverpool to welcome back Jarell Quansah, who left Merseyside to join Bayer Leverkusen last summer, to help fill out the Reds’ thin defensive ranks

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Yes — that claim lines up with multiple transfer-news reports: Liverpool could re-sign 23-year-old England centre-back Jarell Quansah from Bayer Leverkusen in future, thanks to a buy-back clause in the deal that sent him to Germany — but not immediately next season.

🔁 What’s Happening with Quansah and Liverpool

Quansah moved from Liverpool to Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2025 for a reported fee around £30m-£35m (plus add-ons), joining the Bundesliga side on a long-term contract.

As part of that transfer, Liverpool inserted a buy-back clause allowing the club to re-sign him in the future for a pre-agreed fee.

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However, the clause cannot be activated until the summer of 2027 at the earliest.

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Reports suggest the buy-back figure could be around £50m-£60m (with potential add-ons increasing the fee), although exact numbers vary across sources.

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There are also indications Liverpool have pre-agreed personal terms with Quansah should they trigger the buy-back, smoothing the path for a return.

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🧠 Context for the Move

Quansah was a Liverpool academy graduate and made senior appearances before leaving, but opted for more first-team football in Germany.

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With his development in the Bundesliga and Liverpool’s evolving defensive needs, the idea of bringing him back — especially given future departures or ageing defenders — is being discussed in transfer circles.

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Bottom line: the Football Insider claim that Liverpool could re-sign Quansah later isn’t unfounded — there is a buy-back clause — but any switch is realistically targeted for 2027 or beyond, not next summer.

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Donnarumma’s 𝑰𝑵𝑪𝑹𝑬𝑫𝑰𝑩𝑳𝑬 save 97th minute… pure madness at Anfield Manchester City were leading 2–1 when Liverpool threw everyone forward in one last attack. A thunderous strike from Mac Allister looked destined for the net… but Donnarumma pulled off a massive, unbelievable save that left the entire stadium in shock

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PURE ANFIELD MADNESS 😱🔥

97th minute. City clinging to a 2–1 lead. Liverpool throw everyone forward. The crowd is bouncing, the tension is unbearable…

Mac Allister absolutely thunders one towards goal — it’s heading in, no doubt abo

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ut it.

Then BOOM 💥

GIANLUIGI DONNARUMMA pulls out a save from another universe 🤯

Reflexes. Reach. Nerves of steel.

Anfield frozen. Liverpool stunned. City survive.

One of those saves that changes the whole story of the match.

Goalkeeper moments don’t get crazier than this 🤣🧤🔥

Football, bloody hell.

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BREAKING NEWS The Word From Liverpool Is’ – Arne Slot Sack Update Emerges After Man City Defeat

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Liverpool manager Arne Slot’s job is believed to be safe for now, despite their recent home defeat against Manchester City on Sunday afternoon, according to journalist David Lynch.

 

The Reds looked as though they were heading to victory after Dominik Szboszlai fired in a stunning free-kick from range to put his side in front. Late in the game, Bernardo Silva latched onto a headed throughball by Erling Haaland, poking past Alisson Becker to level the scoring.

 

In the final minutes, Man City were awarded a penalty, and Erling Haaland stepped up to slot into the bottom corner, scoring the winner for Pep Guardiola’s side. City had the ball in the net once again in the dying seconds, but play was brought back for a foul by Szoboszlai, who was sent off after a VAR review.

 

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According to journalist Lynch, Slot’s job at Liverpool is safe at the moment, but he doesn’t buy into the idea that he can afford endless poor performances and results.

 

The word from Liverpool is that Arne Slot is safe, but I don’t really buy the idea he can afford endless poor performances and bad results until the end of the season. Today was both, in my opinion. https://t.co/sjMRhibrZK — David Lynch (@davidlynchlfc) February 8, 2026

 

Liverpool are seemingly willing to stick with Slot for now, which might not be a huge surprise after he won the Premier League title last season. Their achievement in the 2024/2025 campaign undoubtedly carries a lot of weight, with Slot having credit in the bank heading into this campaign.

 

Results will undoubtedly have to improve, and with one Premier League win in their previous seven games, the pressure is on Slot to turn things around as soon as possible.

Liverpool need to make a decision and soon, as they are in danger of seeing their season drift away from them. The Reds will have been aiming to lift the Premier League title once again, but now, even Champions League qualification is looking like a difficult task.

 

The mentality to throw away a 1-0 lead against Man City is the biggest disappointment for them, especially as they’ve notoriously been a bogey team for Guardiola at Anfield. The credit in the bank will only last so long, and the board must surely be considering making a change in the near future

If FSG think that 6 wins out of the last 20, a points per game ratio similar to Spurs, behind United, just 2 points ahead of Everton and some dreadful football thrown in means he’s safe, then what would he have to do to be in trouble? FSG must see that he is not the answer. The Kop will decide on Slot’s fate as they did with Hodgson.

 

 

The idea having credit in the bank for having a past title, that’s only a rhyme at Lfc. We saw Mourinho being sacked for far less bad results though he is/was a seasoned manager. Had Slot won the CL? At Lfc it is all about the money. They fabricate reasons just not to sign new players. They do the same not to sack.

 

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