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Arne Slot and Liverpool are deep in the trenches, with Curtis Jones now voicing a passionate plea to his teammates.
The Anfield faithful, who have witnessed a dramatic collapse in form this season, voiced their displeasure throughout the match and streamed for the exits long before the final whistle.
The defeat, Liverpool’s ninth in 12 games, was described as “unacceptable” by club legend Steven Gerrard.
While Slot has insisted, he is “not worried” about his position, the pressure on Slot is becoming palpable with pundits and fans questioning his in-game management and the apparent lack of a clear plan to reverse the team’s fortunes.
However Curtis Jones, speaking to CBS Sports after the game, has urged his teammates to get back to doing the basics, even if it means just going to “smash someone”:
“It starts with just wanting to be a man out there and just wanting to tackle someone and just be a dog out there,” he said.
“It’s not always the fact that, you know, I’ve got these lads who are nice on the ball that, you know, we just play and play and play, like go and smash someone.”
“And it comes from me as well. I’m not saying that the other lads have to go and do it because I’m the same, I’m in the exact same boat that, you know, that the lads are looking at me as well. I say go on then. I smashed one.”
“So, you know, it’s got to be on me and the rest of the lads to change this around to not be so nice where teams are coming here thinking, oh, we’re going to win here, we’re going to score two, three, four goals. No, you’re coming here.”
“And this used to be, you know, it used to be a place that you hated to come, you know, with the fans, with doors, and now we played and now we go and press and we’re just absolute dogs.”
“And then we have the ball and then we play where it is now, you know, we are leaving play.”
“There’s times where we do play, but off the ball stuff, I think that’s the stuff that has to change.”
“Just be a dog out there… It’s got to be on me and the lads to turn this around and not be so nice.”
Curtis Jones gives a passionate plea to him and his teammates to turn things around at Anfield 🗣️ pic.twitter.com/1SjOtBQ00e
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) November 26, 2025
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