Liverpool lost 4-1 at Anfield to PSV to make it nine defeats in their last 12 games across all competitions, and Arne Slot’s position now appears increasingly under threat
Arne Slot understands why his position is under scrutiny after a humiliating 4-1 home defeat to PSV. Fans at Anfield expressed their disappointment with boos at the final whistle, following the reigning Premier League champions’ ninth loss in their last 12 matches across all competitions.
The Reds found themselves on the back foot early on due to an Ivan Perisic penalty. Despite Dominik Szoboszlai quickly levelling the score, second-half strikes from Guus Til and a double from substitute Couhaib Driouech piled more pressure on Slot‘s struggling squad.
This hefty loss to the Dutch side comes hot on the heels of consecutive 3-0 defeats to Manchester City and Nottingham Forest. Slot admitted his shock at Liverpool’s dismal run of form and addressed the uncertainty surrounding his future at the club.
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He said when quizzed about his job security amid the recent poor performances, having guided Liverpool to Premier League glory just six months ago: “I don’t think it’s important if it’s fair or not, but that is normal, that I understand. If any manager around the world loses football games, let alone so many as we’ve lost, it’s quite normal that people have an opinion about that.
“And if that’s fair or not fair, that’s for the people to judge, but that is normal, I think it is, that if you lose so many times, people start talking about that.
“I think it’s a shock for everyone. For the players, for the journalists over here, for me. For everyone, this is a shock that is very, very, very unexpected when you look at the quality we are having.
“Is it a lack of confidence? I didn’t see that in the first half. Of course, it is hard if you concede a goal straight into this game after losing 3-0.
“But the sort of mentality these players have shown on so many times since I’m here, came back in a way you would like to, created chances, kept them in their half. And after another setback, after conceding 2-1, I also saw us creating chances again to score the 2-2. But at the end of the game, I did see that it maybe affected one or two players that we were three and 4-1 down, that’s true.”
Nevertheless, Slot maintained he was not concerned about his own position after holding discussions with the club’s hierarchy. He said: “I don’t agree with you that the quality [of Liverpool’s players] isn’t showing itself. I see enough moments that players show their quality, but it doesn’t reflect in the score or in the results, that is clear.
“But no, I am not worried – what I mean by that is that my focus is on other things than worrying about my own position. I try to analyse [and] try to help the players as much as I can, and it is obvious that I don’t do it in the way that I did it last season because when you talk about individual errors, I think that is also something that comes from a team effort.
“So, again, I need to do better, and that is what I am trying to do every single day, to improve the team, and that is where my main focus is, to be honest.
“Yeah (I talk to club bosses), but not in the sense that they tell me every single minute, ‘We support you, we support you, we support you’, but we talk a lot if we are winning, like last season, and if we are losing. Then they are helpful to me, to the team, so yes, we do have those conversations, but they don’t call me every single minute of the day to tell me that they still trust me.
“But we do have the normal conversations, and in those conversations I feel the trust, but I haven’t spoken to them after this game yet, so let’s see.”
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