Liverpool’s confidence took another huge blow on Saturday after dropping points late on against Leeds and Gary Neville has torn into the Reds squad amid their ongoing crisis
Gary Neville believes that Arne Slot can no longer trust his Liverpool players as their woeful slump continues. The Reds thought they were on their way to a priceless win against Leeds on Saturday afternoon.
Dominik Szoboszlai had given Liverpool a late 3-2 lead after the hosts had come back from two goals down. But Leeds were not to be denied as they levelled matters once again in stoppage time through Ao Tanaka. The draw at Elland Road was just the latest in a long line of disappointing results for the reigning champions this season as their title defence continues to fall flat. Giving his verdict on the Merseysiders, former Manchester United star Gary Neville claimed that Slot can no longer trust his players.
He said: “Liverpool, you just can’t trust them. You thought it could happen. Arne Slot can’t believe it. It’s a mystery that continues. His team just implode.
“Arne Slot and the coaches, they were frantically shouting before that corner towards the Liverpool players. Liverpool’s implosion, I said it before, is real.
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“This is a game that was comfortable for them at 2-0. For Liverpool, despair, inconsistent, you can’t trust them, you always think something is going to go wrong. They make mistake after mistake after mistake.”
Liverpool now find themselves eighth and already ten points behind leaders Arsenal. Asked if his side’s woes were a mentality issue, Liverpool boss Slot replied: “I don’t feel that.
“Although it’s never nice when you’re 2-0 up and you control the game. I think we even had the chance to go 3-0 up with Cody [Gakpo] and a counter. It’s not even a dangerous situation that leads to a penalty and then if you play at Leeds, or no matter which stadium you play in the Premier League, then there is belief again.
“That belief becomes even stronger if the first chance they have that goes in and it’s 2-2, and then I saw mentality – the mentality to come back. Not only mentality but also quality. Macca [Alexis Mac Allister] stepped over the ball…
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“Dom was in the position we wanted him to be in today and finished it off. [The] referee then came with nine minutes of extra time and in that nine minutes of extra time we conceded [from] a set-piece.”
Liverpool are back in action on Tuesday evening as they take on Italian giants Inter Milan in the Champions League. They then welcome Brighton to Anfield next weekend.
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