Arne Slot’s position at Liverpool has come under fresh scrutiny following the late 2-1 defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers, with former Reds defender Stephen Warnock now questioning whether the Dutchman will still be in charge next season.
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Liverpool remain fifth in the Premier League with 48 points from 29 matches, leaving Champions League qualification uncertain heading into the final stretch of the campaign.
The defeat at Molineux was particularly frustrating given how the game unfolded, with the Reds dominating possession and chances before conceding Andre’s deflected winner deep into stoppage time.
It marked Liverpool’s ninth league defeat of the season, with five of those losses coming from goals scored in the 90th minute or later.
Warnock questions Slot’s Liverpool future
Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live Breakfast, former Liverpool left-back Stephen Warnock admitted he doesn’t expect the Dutchman to remain in charge beyond this season.
Warnock said: “No I don’t. It’s a big ask for them to get a Champions League place. It’s going to be very difficult.
“They’re so inconsistent that I don’t see them winning every game until the end of the season. It’s going to be very difficult for him to stay in charge.
“They’re nowhere near where they’d like to be. It’s not gone to plan at all.”
Liverpool’s performance at Wolves summed up the frustrations surrounding the campaign, with Arne Slot’s side controlling the match but failing to convert their dominance into goals before being punished late on.
Criticism has already followed the defeat, with Steven Gerrard questioning Liverpool’s defending for Wolves’ opening goal after Virgil van Dijk and Ibou Konate lost key duels.
Alonso suggestion dismissed by former Red
Interestingly, the former Liverpool defender also cast doubt on the idea that Xabi Alonso would automatically be the right replacement.
Warnock explained that calls for the Spaniard to return to Anfield may be driven more by emotion than logic.
“I’m not too sure whether that’s the right decision – that’s more of a nostalgia thing where people want that romance.”
“At Real Madrid the football wasn’t fantastic, but he had a very difficult changing room and tried to change the culture.”
Despite the disappointment at Wolves, Slot has already pointed to the upcoming cup clash with the same opponents as an opportunity for Liverpool to respond, insisting his side now has “something to prove”.
Joe 90 impersonator is right about Slot but wrong about Alonso. His Leverkusen side was formidable. Madrid was a soap opera as usual.
I concur with Warnock that Alonso is not the solution to current Liverpool’s problems. Lack of drive/intensity/energy in all 3 areas: Attack, Midfield and Defence explains the malaise in the team. A special no: 6 must be brought in to galvanise this position and create competition to Gravenberch who currently looks very tired. Mo Salah, our legend, looks completely out of form! Gapko is also out of form. Ekitike, a bright spot upfront can’t do it alone! In defence: You don’t expect Van Dijk to play week-in, week-out and be efficient and effective to marshal the defence when there are also failings/poor performances from his fellow centre back: Konate! In addition to the injury prone Frimpong and J. Gomez and the current injuries to Bradley and Leone: One can see how bad the defence situation is compounded in the team. Don’t forget FSG sold Diaz to Bayern against the wish of Slot and didn’t bother to replace him! Give Slot more time to turn things around before the summer transfer when I expect FSG to invest in new players to plug in the holes that currently exist in the team.
Turn which thing around
He has nothing to offer so far
At least with Alonso we’d see attacking football and effort – it really seems as if Slot has lost the dressing room
I beleive in any team you have to have the best midfielders ones who don’t lose possession easily like wijnaldum they take all the pressure of the defence and also able to feed the strikers. If you look at Arsenal they have Rice and Zubemendi to match them we need players like Wharton and Anderson from Nottingham Forest to give our currentl midfield a rest they look tired and overworked.
As if Stephen Warnock’s opinion carries any weight. Bang average player & should consider himself extremely fortunate to have a gig on Sky Sports as he talks drivel!!
The problem is there’s not many top managers out there, so if slot gets sacked who comes in?
Alonso for me did well in Germany and you can’t judge him at Real Madrid because it’s the hardest job in football with so many egos and big names.
Alonso would also get the best out of Wirtz and frimpong. Ask most Liverpool supporters and when slot gets sacked first Choice, only choice is Alonso. As usual warnock hasn’t got a clue.
If you look at Slot he has a good record and winning the epl in the first year.I believe he should be given a chance I think next year the team will come good. Florian Wirtz is a tremendously good player but him taking a bit of time to find his footing in the epl has also added to the problem together with Salah and especially Cody Gakpo who really had a bad season but liverpool supporters do what we do best stand by our team and the manager