Liverpool’s disastrous season took another disappointing turn at the weekend as they were trailed by Tottenham late on, with many pundits baffled by manager Arne Slott’s decisions.
Liverpool continue to struggle under manager Arne Slott (Image: Getty Images)
Former Liverpool star Jermaine Pennant has asked for help understanding Arne Slott’s selection decision against Tottenham. The reigning Premier League champions suffered another disappointing result against the North London side at Anfield on Sunday.
Dominik Szoboszlai’s free-kick gave the Reds the lead, but Richarlison equalized late on. This puts Liverpool in fifth place in the Premier League and will put them in a serious battle to qualify for next season’s Champions League.
Speaking after Sunday’s draw at Anfield, the former Red Pennant continued to ask Slott for help with some of the decisions he had made.
The former winger said on social media: “Someone please help me, please help me understand why 1) (Ugo) Ekitike is not starting, 2) (he) rests Rio and (Cody) Gakpo, and 3) (he) rests (Jeremy) Frimpong and then leaves Szoboszlai at RB…”
In response to fans, he added, “But if we (were able to see), and I think most fans would agree, there’s no way the people in charge wouldn’t see this. There must be something going on behind the scenes that we don’t know about, because this is blasphemy.”
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Slott gave his thoughts on Liverpool’s recent unfavorable results and criticized the team for failing to score the second goal and secure victory.
In the post-match press conference, the Dutchman said: “We were better for most of the game, but I think that was the moment when we had to score the second goal. I think we had quite a few moments to do that, and in the more even parts of the game, the last 15 to 20 minutes, both teams were waiting for one of them to score.”
“They all created chances in a similar way. There were four or five moments where they kicked long balls, picked up second balls and tried to be a threat in moments like that.”
Arne Slott will be on the bench alongside Hugo Ekitike against Spurs (Image: Getty Images)
“We picked up a lot of second balls where we could have counter-attacked, but all those counter-attacks, 4-on-3, 3-on-2, all those moments where we felt with the quality players we had, we felt like we should have had a bigger chance or scored when we had, but we didn’t do that and we conceded the equalizer at the last minute and didn’t have a lot of time left to get it back.”
Liverpool will resume play in the middle of this week, welcoming Galatasaray to Anfield in the second leg of the Champions League last 16. The Reds must overcome a 1-0 deficit following the defeat in Turkey. They will next face Brighton in the Premier League.
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