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Iraola’s preference is to name the team on the morning of the game and he saves the post-match debrief with his players for the day after the match.
There is a sense of pragmatism with his media interactions, too, after a situation where his comments to LFC TV following a pre-season friendly against Monaco were widely reported.
Iraola conceded Liverpool had run out of steam after 30 minutes and did
Salah has the selfish streak and pride that is the preserve of all the greats – as was seen when then Manchester United manager Erik ten Haag, a Dutch countryman of Slot, dropped Cristiano Ronaldo at the end of his second spell at Old Trafford in November 2022.
Ronaldo’s response was to give an interview to Piers Morgan on TalkTV in which he complained, as Salah has effectively done now,
Slot has not had to go looking for problems as Liverpool have slumped this season, despite spending almost £450m in the summer.
But the biggest landed when Salah decided to go public with obvious fury at his treatment.
Salah uses his words carefully and strategically. At most matches since arriving at Anfield from Roma in 2017, he has declined requests to talk to waiting reporters.
This only changes at Salah’s
“That’s a normal reaction from a player that’s good enough to play for us, and I say that mildly because he has been so outstanding for this club for so many years and will be for the future,” Slot said.
“He wasn’t the only one who wasn’t happy that he wasn’t starting and that is normal.”
Slot said Salah “handled himself really well” despite being dropped.
“He is so disciplined
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Despite Liverpool’s poor run of form, sources have told BBC Sport that Slot’s position is not under imminent threat.
He has credit in the bank following his Premier League title-winning debut season, while there has been reflection at Anfield that it was a difficult summer of the club with Diogo Jota’s death and the £400m investment attempting to regenerate the squad.
Sporting director Hughes and chief executive Michael Edwards were
The 3-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest at home on Saturday was bad but the loss against PSV was arguably the low point of Liverpool’s season.
“Liverpool seem to keep finding ways to hit new lows under Arne Slot, and of course, that is leading to questions around the manager’s future,” Josh Sexton of Liverpool fan group the Anfield Wrap told BBC Sport.
“He will accept that as part of the
All the frailties were on show, from conceding the opening goal to Murillo from a corner.
Liverpool have conceded nine league goals from set-pieces – excluding penalties – this season, as many as they did in the whole of last season.
Their anticipated second-half revival lasted precisely the 39 seconds it took former Liverpool defender Neco Williams to play in Nicola Savona in front of the Kop, who were stunned
The Reds have lost four of their past five matches in the Premier League, and were beaten 3-0 by Manchester City at Etihad Stadium before the international break.
That defeat left Liverpool eighth in the table, eight points behind league leaders Arsenal, before they welcome Nottingham Forest to Anfield on Saturday (15:00 GMT).
In last season’s league fixture away at Forest, Jota scored 22 seconds after coming on as a
“It’s almost unbelievable if you score 250 goals for one club,” added Slot. “Even if you score 250 goals overall it will be unbelievable.
“He had a very good performance. He didn’t only do his offensive work, he helped the team out defensively very well. I liked his performance tonight and it’s special for him to get 250 goals for Liverpool.”
Salah has helped Liverpool win the Premier League twice
