Yes Skrtel has to turn as he is in the wrong position - that's his error but like I said that happens, unfortunately Lovrens passiveness and poor anticipation are poor basic errors of defending
I'm still not entirely convinced you've got the right video. Skrtel doesn't "have to turn" because he isn't "in the wrong position". Where do you get that from that he's "in the wrong position"? Prior to going to sleep, he isn't! Look, when the ball sails beyond Skrtel and the eventual goalscorer (SKRTELS MAN) and before the bloke who is Lovrens man brings it down, Skrtel is in precisely the right position. If I was a clever computer geeky person I would put you a still up, but just prior to the ball landing on the chest/arm of Lovrens man, Skrtel is all good. He's still goal side, he's facing the ball and he's in contact with his man. What he hasn't got and you can't help this when it goes over your head, is "line of sight" on his man. That is to say he can't see the man and the ball at the same time, and it's this which always causes the problem for defenders. So Skrtel sleeps, the attacker (HIS MAN) anticipates the ball bouncing off of Lovrens man and sprints beyond Skrtel. Skrtel doesn't "get turned", he doesn't "need to turn" and he isn't "in the wrong position". He allows the man to run past him because he is sleeping.
From there the fella takes the ball off Lovrens man and scores with an excellent finish. It would as you said earlier have been lovely if Lovren had "anticipated" that all this was about to happen, but if he did he didn't react quickly enough. To blame the one defender though for not "anticipating" that his partner was going to go to sleep and lose his man is daft. Really simple but very good goal, caused by Skrtel sleeping.
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