Liverpool supporters made their feelings known at full-time of Saturday’s dour 1-1 draw against Burnley, with boos ringing out around Anfield.
Reds fans have been patient for much of the season while watching their team turn in horrible displays, but this was just one step too far.
Ironically, Liverpool were actually much better for the opening 45 minutes, peeling Burnley apart and taking a one goal lead into the break.
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But as has happened far too often this season, the Reds came out for the second-half in a completely different mode. Burnley stepped it up and did not have to work especially hard to get their goal.
With Liverpool offering a toothless response, they have now failed to beat any of the three newly-promoted teams in matches at Anfield this season. But despite hearing the discontent from supporters at the final whistle, Arne Slot somehow made things even worse for himself after the game.
Arne Slot refuses to listen to Liverpool boos
Liverpool supporters have a right to feel let down by their team this season. The results have been bad enough, but it is the performances which are really getting the hackles up.
Despite the promise of the first-half on Saturday, the second delivered more of the same, with far too many Liverpool players way too passive, slow and lethargic in their play.
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But while the players should take plenty of rap from the fans, it is the head coach who their main anger is aimed towards. It is not often you hear boos for the home team at Anfield, but Slot and his negative tactics have ensured that that Rubicon has been crossed.
Nevertheless, when asked about the crowd’s dissent in his post-match press conference, the Dutchman insisted that it was not boos that could be heard around the ground at the end, but rather simple frustration.
“In my head it wasn’t booing but it was frustration,” Slot said. “We are Liverpool and we play Burnley, who we have to give credit to, but if we are disappointed by this then something is wrong. I am the same and the players have the same frustrations as the fans.”
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Slot must listen to the Anfield crowd
It feels at the moment that every time Slot opens his mouth to speak he ends up putting his foot right in it.
Despite results and performances becoming increasingly worse over the course of the season, the 47-year-old still does not seem to have grasped that this is unacceptable.
Liverpool supporters are patient, and they are grateful to Slot for what he achieved last season, but it is safe to say that the goodwill has well and truly run out.
If he continues to ignore that, and instead simply convinces himself that the fans are merely frustrated rather than apoplectically angry, things are not going to improve. He will pay for that with his job.
Instead, Slot must listen and learn from the anger in the stands, and put all of his energy into how he can change things for the better. That is the only way out now.
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