Liverpool managed to hold out for a point against the current Premier League leaders, Arsenal.
Arne Slot has now taken the Reds on a 10-game unbeaten run across all competitions.
That has not changed the fact that fans want Slot gone, and who can blame them based on recent performances.
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Yes, a point away from home against Arsenal is nothing to sniff at, but in the context of the season, it’s nothing to get excited by.
Slot, for his part, has remained fairly tight-lipped on his future and potential changes to the squad, but his actions against Arsenal spoke volumes.
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The 90 minutes came and went, with Mikel Arteta more than happy to turn to his bench when he was trying to break Liverpool down.
As he has done so on several occasions this season, the Spaniard opted to change his entire frontline on Thursday.
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In the end, Arsenal used all five of their available substitutes on the night, all of whom would start for most Premier League clubs week in, week out.
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Slot, on the other hand, did not make a single change to his team that started the game at the Emirates.
Granted, there are a couple of players out injured right now, but said issues, which every team faces over the course of a season, have exposed the real lack of depth in this Liverpool team.
There were two goalkeepers and three academy players named on the bench, none of whom Slot was ever likely to use.
Yet, despite his team having so few senior players to call upon, it has been reported this week that Liverpool will have a quiet transfer window.
Exactly why that is the case is up for debate; perhaps the £400m-plus spend in the summer has put FSG off dipping into their pockets this month.
But if Liverpool want to get back to properly competing with the likes of Arsenal, who they remain 14 points behind, it’s clear the Reds need to build a squad, not just an eleven of senior, world-class talent.
And while he’s yet to say it directly, the fact that Slot didn’t feel any substitute he had available was good enough to make an impact against the Gunners suggests he feels the same about Liverpool’s depth right now.
Will it force FSG to open their wallets in the coming weeks? Probably not, but there’s always hope of some late deals.
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