Arne Slot has walked on water since taking over as Liverpool manager, replacing fan favourite Jurgen Klopp and winning the Premier League title in his first attempt.
At one point during his debut season, he had Liverpool on track for a historic quadruple, much as the great Pep Guardiola did at Manchester City. And the Dutchman attracted a slew of new fans by making his squad better than it had become under his predecessor.
However, the Kop leader is now in risk of falling beneath the surface. He is realizing what many, many managers have discovered over the years: it is far more difficult to stay at the top than to get there in the first place.
Successive league and Champions League failures should highlight Slot’s flaws, as well as Galatasaray’s mockery. It is often accepted that defenses win championships for teams. And Liverpool’s has not been robust enough. Reported By The Mirror.
This season, the English champions have surrendered 13 goals in 10 games, kept only two clean sheets, and won a lot of games thanks to late rallies.
Liverpool may have one of the best defenders in the world, if not the best, in their enormous captain, Virgil Van Dijk. However, Slot’s back four is underperforming as a collective, which was exacerbated by the choice to play midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai in defence for the loss in Istanbul, with right back Jeremie Frimpong operating in a more advanced role.
Further up the field, £116 million signing Florian Wirtz has not made the immediate effect that club officials had hoped for.
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