‘It is worrying…’ – Daniel Sturridge calls out Slot over one thing he noticed from Liverpool today
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Daniel Sturridge has said it is ‘worrying’ that, after almost two full seasons with Arne Slot in charge, Liverpool still don’t have a clear ‘identity’ under the Dutchman.Premier League winners 12 months ago, the Reds have now lost 11 top-flight matches this term after going down 3-2 to Manchester United on Sunday afternoon, leaving themselves too much to do after falling 2-0 behind inside 15 minutes.Roy Keane bluntly remarked that, in the first half at Old Trafford, LFC played like ‘a bad five-a-side team‘ – the sort of withering put-down in which he specialises, but the performance before half-time was simply unacceptable.DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! They need to build a team that is in Arne’s identity but right now I’m not quite sure what that is.
Right now, there’s not any phases of play for Liverpool. It’s quite one-on-one.” (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)However, Sturridge later added that he’d like Slot to be given the chance to fix the issues in his team for next season, stating: “They can get Champions League football, regroup, decide on the framework, decide on the players who are with you.
You’ve got to give the man a chance to implement the philosophy.”What exactly are Liverpool under Slot?The pundit’s concerns about Liverpool on the counterattack are quite pertinent, with the Reds all too easily cut open by Man United this afternoon, most crucially in the lead-up to Benjamin Sesko’s controversial goal.It’s one thing for players to be culpable of mistakes on the pitch, which Alexis Mac Allister was with his slack pass to give away possession. Two years into Slot’s reign, what are his Liverpool side, exactly?Sturridge may be pleading for the board to keep faith in the 47-year-old to ‘implement his philosophy’, but should that not already have been drilled into his team by this stage of his tenure in charge?The Reds should do enough to qualify for the Champions League, which’d likely be enough to keep the Dutchman in a job, but the scrutiny over his position will no doubt continue into the summer after a truly dismal sophomore season at the helm.