Liverpool manager Arne Slot made a substitution with the score at 1-1 against Chelsea, only to receive immediate negative feedback from the Anfield crowd
Arne Slot took off Rio Ngumoha
Arne Slot took off Rio Ngumoha
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Arne Slot was booed by the Liverpool supporters after deciding to substitute Rio Ngumoha against Chelsea. The Reds were level at 1-1 when Slot brought on Alexander Isak for the 17-year-old winger at Anfield.
Ryan Gravenberch put the home side ahead early on with a curling effort before their lead was cancelled out when Enzo Fernandez's free-kick drifted in at the far post. With the fans getting irritated by the performance as Liverpool faced a side who had lost their previous six Premier League matches, Slot made a call.
He replaced Ngumoha with Isak in the 67th minute and immediately knew what the fans felt about it. Boos rang out around Anfield as the arrival of the big-money summer signing off the bench went down very badly.
"You don't hear a reaction like that at Anfield often, but I can understand," Ally McCoist said on TNT Sports. "I actually thought it would've just been a straight swap for Cody Gakpo, but I know he can play out on that left-hand side and come in off the left as well."
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