2025-10-27 12:51:19
Arne Slot has been shocked by Liverpool’s nightmare run of defeats.
The Reds slipped to a 3-2 reverse against Brentford on Saturday (25.10.25) in what was their fourth successive league loss and the manager did not see such a bad spell coming.
Slot said: “I was hoping for and expecting a better performance. It was far from what we are used to. Even when we have been losing our performances were better than tonight.
“Teams seem have a certain playing style against us, which is a very good strategy to play, and we haven’t found an answer yet.
“You cannot even compete, which we don’t do at the moment – we don’t compete up there – because we simply concede too many goals.
“It definitely also has to do with if you change quite a lot during the summer, then I think it’s not a surprise that it can go a bit like this. But I didn’t expect it to go with four losses in a row, let that be clear.”
Liverpool now trail league leaders Arsenal by seven points and former England captain Wayne Rooney puts their problems down to a lack of leadership from senior figures such as Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah.
Speaking on his BBC podcast The Wayne Rooney Show, he said: “No-one has seen this coming, it’s hit them quick, it’s hit them hard and I think they’re struggling to find a way out of it.
“This is a time where the manager and the leaders in the team need to figure it out very quickly.
“Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, they’ve signed new deals but I don’t think they’ve really led that team this season.
“I think body language tells you a lot, and I think we’re seeing slightly different body language from the two of them. They are the top two players in that team and if their body language is not right, that affects everyone else.
“I might be wrong on this, but if I was a Liverpool fan or the manager, that would be a big concern for me.”
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