Toni Kroos’ brutal Liverpool verdict before LASK clash isn’t a good look for Iraola or Slot

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Since Klopp’s exit from the Anfield dugout in 2024, Liverpool have had Arne Slot in charge, and now Andoni Iraola, and Kroos isn’t impressed. Whilst Liverpool won the title under Slot, that very same team declined last season, and now, ahead of the trip to Austria to face LASK in the Champions League, Kroos told Luppen TV that what he has seen from the Reds is ‘underwhelming.’ The problem is that Kroos isn’t just basing it off what he has seen in the last few months, but what Liverpool have been doing since the start of last season.

From Kroos’ perspective, Liverpool have a ‘very good squad’, but he doesn’t think it has been reflected on the field of play. “Honestly, I think Liverpool’s performances have been pretty underwhelming for months now,” said Kroos.

But they haven’t been able to make it work for a long time now.“That was actually Liverpool’s great strength: you always had the feeling that, as an opponent, you couldn’t escape them. And if you look back three or four years, the question was always whether City or Liverpool would win the title.”Not a good look for Slot or Iraola Slot is out of the door, so it isn’t his worry now, even though he will wonder what his legacy at Anfield is, because it seems tarnished.