Liverpool fans weren’t happy with Arne Slot after ‘stupid’ decision vs PSG
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Liverpool and PSG faced off in a second-leg Champions League quarter-final meeting on Tuesday evening.The Reds went into the game needing to score at least two goals without reply if they were to progress to the next round.Arne Slot selected a strong XI that saw all of Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike and Florian Wirtz named in the side, and Liverpool fans had a lot to say about how the Frenchman was used on the night. PICK YOUR DREAM FRONT THREE 👀 Two sides stacked with attacking firepower 🔥 Photo by MB Media/Getty Images Liverpool weren’t happy with Arne Slot starting Hugo Ekitike on the right vs PSGRather than deploying a 4-2-2-2, Slot started the game with Wirtz off the left, Isak as the main striker and Ekitike playing off the right.It was not the most electric opening to the game from Liverpool, and fans took particular issue with the former Eintracht Frankfurt man being used as a winger and some of his decision-making early in the tie.One fan wrote: “Ekitike RW is incredibly bad.”A second added: “Ekitike on the right is just extremely stupid.”Another stated: “How on Earth is Arne Slot not starting his best winger and chose to start Ekitike on the wing.
Honestly, this coach needs to be sacked. This guy don’t know coaching at all.”“Ekitike doesn’t know how to play football,” claimed a fourth Liverpool fan.A fifth suggested: “I don’t think playing both Ekitike and Isak is a good idea.
Ekitike has always been on a mission to prove he’s a better striker, so I won’t be surprised if he doesn’t share the ball with him.”“Slot’s brilliant plan to field 200 forwards (Ekitike as winger again) didn’t take into account that PSG was up front and at some point they’d have to recover the ball. Anticompetitive Liverpool,” another reacted, while a seventh echoed: “Can someone tell me where Ekitike is supposed to be playing… more bizarre team selection and positioning from Slot… how Rio hasn’t started is beyond belief.”Ekitike remains Liverpool’s top goalscorer in all competitions this term and has enjoyed some purple patches, which saw him compared to Fernando Torres.But now Isak is back fit, Slot must try and find the best way to fit both of his big-money strikers in the same team.However, even with Mohamed Salah benched against PSG, the Liverpool boss opted for a system that didn’t get the best out of either player in the early exchanges.Ekitike has been somewhat inconsistent at times this term, but being used in his least natural attacking role wasn’t an ideal situation for the striker to be in on Tuesday.The system was then quickly changed shortly after the half-hour mark when Ekitike went off injured and Salah was brought on.Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox