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Liverpool have been inconsistent this season and one former player has taken aim at Arne Slot.
Liverpool’s run of fixtures had looked favourable in the race for a Champions League only for Wolverhampton to put a spanner in the works.
In fairness to the bottom placed Premier League team, it wasn’t even a smash and grab job either because Arne Slot’s side created very little over the 90 minutes and the home side were good value for their point. The loss of Luis Diaz’s industry and Mohamed Salah’s record-breaking form disappearing has seen problems in the final third all season if Hugo Ekitike doesn’t produce a moment of magic. Florian Wirtz’s untimely injury is also highlighting just how important he has become too.
Former Liverpool star takes aim at Arne Slot
Posting on X, former Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant aimed both barrels at the manager, suggesting that it is a tactical issue, rather than individuals not performing: “Right, I know Arne Slot isn’t on the pitch, but wow!!! They are his tactics, his style, and his instructions… you are playing Wolves, not Arsenal not Man City. Press them from the front for once try win the ball high, this is not Liverpool sorry it’s just not.
“Also, Rio (Ngumoha) now must start on Friday night, AGAIN did more than Gakpo when he came on then what Gakpo did the whole game, you know why he did more, cos he goes to the byline, he cuts inside, he’s not predictable. WHY on earth isn’t Slot telling him? If every single fan thinking it.”
Virgil van Dijk not happy with Liverpool efforts
Pennant is bang on. In fact, these words could have come from any number of fans who have been saying the same thing all season. That skipper Virgil van Dijk, speaking to TNT Sports after the game, agrees is a damning indictment on how Liverpool are being set up to play:
"I think it's down to ourselves," said Van Dijk. "It was slow, we were predictable, sloppy in possession and wrong decision-making.
"We didn't concede chances, but if you perform like that, then a result like this can be a result of that, and that's a fact. It was disappointing."
Liverpool have shown in spells that they can play with intensity, so why aren’t they doing it more often, especially against teams like Wolves who have barely won a game all season?
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