Liverpool’s latest defeat has drawn a brutally honest response from John Aldridge, with the former forward not holding back after the 2-1 loss to Brighton & Hove Albion.
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After the high of the Galatasaray win, this was another reminder of how quickly things can unravel for us this season, and Aldridge’s reaction reflects the frustration many supporters are feeling right now.
Aldridge slams Liverpool performance
Writing on X, the ex-Liverpool No.8 was immediate and direct in his assessment of the display: “Defensively absolutely shocking again today!”
That defensive fragility has been a recurring issue throughout the campaign, and it once again proved costly on the south coast as we struggled to deal with Brighton’s intensity and movement.
The 66-year-old didn’t stop there either, pointing to a wider physical issue that continues to show up in our performances.
“Beaten fairly, it could have been worse! ps they ran 6 kilometres more which has happened over 20 times apparently this season. I know it doesn’t mean you automatically win games by doing that, BUT? 😩”
That gap in work rate is particularly concerning given how often it has appeared, suggesting this isn’t an isolated off-day but part of a deeper problem within the side.
Top four hopes now under threat
Aldridge also addressed the bigger picture, with Champions League qualification now looking increasingly uncertain.
“It’s a not great when you’re watching and having to support your local rivals in need to get into the top 4/5 and we’ll be doing that till the last day of the season needing favours from other teams because atm we are not capable of finishing in the champs league place!”
It’s a sentiment that has been echoed elsewhere, with journalist David Lynch suggesting we could “surely miss out” on the top five, while Stephen Warnock described us as “soft” and too easy to play against during the Brighton defeat.
For us, that’s now the reality heading into the final stretch of the season, because unless performances improve quickly and consistently, we’re not just relying on ourselves anymore, we’re relying on others, and that’s never a position Liverpool should want to be in.
Its not Slots fault that he has no one on the bench to replace an attacker who was injured, Slot is fighting an up hill battle that he cannot win, he is taking the flack for something that is not in his control.
the the person or person’s who make the decisions as to who comes and goes need to be held accountable and the appropriate action taken against them.
They have dismantled our team and we are now left with this shambles.
Yesterday slot played nine players who started against galatasaray . Always difficult games after a champions league that’s why you need to rotate for players to recover. Gomez, Rio , chiesa, Robertson, Jones, were on the bench. They all should have started. It’s been the problem with slot, he doesn’t use the full squad. Doesn’t rotate enough. There can be no excuses for the manager when he 450 million to spend in the summer, he had a say who was bought.
He has no excuses that we can’t defend, we couldn’t beat spurs and they 13 players missing. The players he inherited from klopp were never out run so much, again yesterday against Brighton, 40 year old milner and 35 year old welbeck. Why can’t slot get this team to compete and run.
You can only blame Hughes and Edwards for so much, most of the problems are on the training ground , slot is not an elite coach, he’s no motivator to get the best out of the players. Slot needs to be replaced that’s the truth. Not good enough.