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It truly is Champions League or bust for Arne Slot.
Not even an FA Cup win needs to be sufficient for him to maintain his job primarily based on the performances within the Premier League.
Liverpool had been, once more, horrific within the Saturday lunchtime defeat by – so gradual on the ball, missing any concepts or creativity and sloppy on the again. It is the story of the season.
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And the reality is Liverpool have been taking part in badly below Slot for 12 months. This time final yr, the title was already sewn up, however the performances had dropped.
That would clearly be forgiven – and Slot himself even holidayed in Ibiza earlier than the season was over – nevertheless it’s been happening for much too lengthy.
Liverpool have a number of sensible gamers and nearly all of them are off the boil.
You may’t change a squad, so generally it’s a must to change the supervisor. Slot’s tone in information conferences is so uninspiring – thinly veiled woe-is-me tales each time.
The away leg is the primary midweek recreation following the worldwide break. Liverpool would possibly flip up, but when they play like they did in opposition to Brighton, they may as nicely not hassle.
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