"Maybe the fans have a different opinion..." Slot comments reveal the huge issue at Anfield

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Then I had contact with him and he said that it was enough, so that’s why I took him off.” Slot says he expected boos from the crowd The manager went on to say that he knew that Liverpool fans would boo the decision to withdraw Ngumoha from the field of play, although the Dutchman has seemingly missed the likelihood that the boos were a symptom of a much larger issue. Slot said: “I said it, I think, in the same interview, it makes complete sense if you take a player off that’s playing well, that assisted, that people don’t expect you to take that player off – which wasn’t my intention to do.

He’s a good player but I don’t think he’s at the level yet to play at 60 or 50 per cent to then make the difference. So yeah, if you don’t know that and you feel like, ‘Why is he taking him off?’ then I understand that reaction.

And after the game, I think it also makes sense because I don’t think this club should be happy with a 1-1 result against Chelsea. But I think the players and myself had the same frustration as the fans.” Slot doesn’t understand that the boos are not just because he took off Ngumoha Slot seemingly doesn’t recognise that, while fans were unhappy to see Ngumoha taken off, the reason for the boos is that the teenager was the only source of joy for Liverpool fans against Chelsea.