Kriza Liverpool: if Arne Slot stops making jokes about truth?

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Арне Слот, getty images

How many times can I not justify myself?.

After the defeats against Cristal Palace and Chelsea, it was still possible to find out the explanation - goals in injury time, a bit of success for the opponent. Everything is logical: Liverpool itself has won victory more than once in the rest of this season.

After the match against Manchester United, it was possible to joke about the reasons - unrealized chances, three shots into the woodwork, a constant advantage in attack for all performances, except for one - goals scored.

But if the Liverpool team again and again gave the ball to their opponents without a vice, giving up Brentford 2:3 at the Gtech Community Stadium, there was simply no need for an explanation.

Those same ones - if the team made basic concessions in defense, it could not defeat the heavy hitter of the first defender in the remaining seconds, or if it simply did not show good character. Especially in the hopeless period after the break, if the champions did not hit hard, and Brentford again took the initiative.

And yet, after playing the Slot again, the joke is true.

He didn’t express himself as directly as he did when he criticized Newcastle and Manchester United for their “buses” and long-term transfers, or when he said that the rivals specially changed the warehouse for the match with Liverpool (refer to SMM Brentford jokes for. Ale the essence has been lost by itself.

At the post-match press conference in London, Slot began to sing that he is not looking for cheats - although at the same time he overexamined the many reasons why the team is playing below its peer.

So you can rightly respect them by changing them?

“I don’t know how to take this as a vindication, but out of the remaining six matches, we played five on the road - and it doesn’t help if you’re in a slump.”.

So, the fact is clear: five out of six Liverpool matches took place on a foreign field. Ale for the team with the most impressive showings for the 2024/25 season - this is a true argument?

Liverpool lost four of these six matches - Crystal Palace, Galatasaray, Chelsea and Brentford.

Last season the situation was completely different: the team won against Brentford and Pelas, and the defeat against Chelsea meant nothing - the title was already in the bag, the warehouse was changed by half.

So, superniks are not easy. And if in all of Europe there is only one team with a huge series of defeats (St. Paul in Germany with five setbacks afterward), on the right it is definitely not the case where you play - at home or on the road.

“Of course, if you win in the middle of the season, after two days of recovery, you are confident of continuing success here,” Slot began his press conference, straining at the short pause after the game with Eintracht Frankfurt.

So, a flight from Germany to London and the difference in the styles of superniks is not the most powerful combination. But in this depth of warehouse, which is where Liverpool lies, we cannot be justified - there is more for such simple pardons.

“This is not true, but the penalty that was awarded to us, which was too soft. I hope you wait - it was true that this decision was made."

Perhaps, the word “myaky” is more verbose here. Referee Tim Robinson awarded a penalty for Virgil van Dijk's contact with Dango Ouattara's leg - first giving the penalty, and VAR deciding that the foul was on the line, and thus pointing to the spot.

The episode is controversial, between the ice is noticeable. Well, to be honest, the bigger problem for Slot is not the decision of the referee himself, but those that his captain has pushed for such a risky tackle. For Van Dyck this is no longer the first worrying moment.

“Before another goal, we had a moment - Kodi (Gakpo) dodged the penalty area, he was caught, but the referee missed. If you want to show your offense to any referee in the world, you’ll say: either two penalties or one. Ale yakscho already rob, I'll rob two"

So, this moment was on the line. Nathan Collins simply placed his foot in front of Gakpo, and the contact was actually. Ale, perhaps, the theatrical fall of the winger played against him.

“So, our form is often connected with the fact that we have made a lot of changes. It’s not a surprise - it’s a surprise that the team has to go through such a stage. Ale chotiri porazki pospil - which I definitely haven’t experienced. When you change a lot, shake a little every now and then"

Indeed, there is a problem with a great number of changes? It sounds logical - but it’s not forgettable, so it’s a good choice for the club.

The sales of the leading players - Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, Jarrell Quanci and Quivin Kellerage - could be explained with good propositions or the fears of the players themselves. There was no need to sell them. And Dias’s lack of activity looks especially painful – his fluidity and creativity are clearly at odds.

The even bigger problem is that most of the newcomers have not yet fully recovered. Anyway, Yugo Ekitika looks more or less over-converted.

Milos Kerkez, for example, looked ruined in the match against Brentford: going back, not knowing what to do with the ball, having kicked it across the entire field - a symbolic moment of the evening, if he simply couldn’t cope with the pace of the game.

A similar story with Florian Wirtz. He has technology, a tank of fields, thin dots - but he knows everything when his opponents begin to squeeze. Having lost the ball easily and not being able to communicate well with his attacking partners.

“Our opponents play against us in a steadfast way—and it’s a truly effective strategy.”. We have not yet discovered any antidote. And if you skip first, you’re still on your fifth leg, it definitely won’t get any easier.”.

Brentford's tactics were extremely simple - strength, direct passes, running, long throws and set pieces.. And when the stinks hit the goal much more often, lower Liverpool, having confused Mamardashvili, several times protected the team with fantastic saves.

Michael Kayode's wideouts were particularly striking.. Slot said that the team specially prepared for them in training on Friday and repeated the scheme on Saturday. But it’s all the same - Liverpool themselves helped Brentford, for no reason knocking the ball out of bounds for a free kick.

Mamardashvili was already on another line by simply throwing the ball into touch - believing that it’s safer this way. And having earned those same memories on the 95th. And in the hour of the first goal, Conor Bradley did not intercept his pass in the middle of the field - and this became the beginning of problems.

So, the team knew how to protect itself from long-term throws, lest it was not enough for the plan, how to escape from the pressure.

The slot, to my honor, means not less than the standard of a super-rival, but also the secret organization of Brentford. At the same time, I learned directly: the Gravians did not change the basic speeches. This was the main reason for the disastrous match.

Liverpool failed to make the right moves after defeating Manchester United - once again losing the fight for other balls, giving up in the center of the field. Or maybe, on the right, it’s not unimportant - there just wasn’t enough opportunity to respond to a call.

And at the same time, Liverpool is the most turbulent.

The problem is no longer in tactics. Nearly half of the people in the starting warehouse can be called a weak tank - and since this series of lesions has been going on for a long time, then there is less truth to why everything looks like this.

The Athletic.

По материалам: nytimes.com