Arne Slot has been under pressure for much of the campaign as his Liverpool side has endured a difficult defence of the Premier League title they won last season
Arne Slot and members of the Liverpool hierarchy(Image: (Carl Recine/Getty Images))
Peter Crouch believes Jurgen Klopp is proof Fenway Sports Group should avoid being “trigger happy” and stick by Arne Slot. Even though the Dutchman led the Reds to Premier League glory last season, this campaign has brought plenty of problems for Slot.
Not only are his side already out of the title race, but they are also in a battle to secure Champions League football next season. And Tuesday night’s last-gasp defeat to Wolves was the Reds’ ninth league defeat of the season.
As a result, Slot has come under mounting pressure at various points across the current campaign, and although Crouch believes a failure to secure Champions League football next season will invite pressure, the way Klopp bounced back after disappointing seasons shows why the FSG should stick with Slot.
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“Missing out on the Champions League definitely builds pressure,” the former England international told Paddy Power. “The fans aren’t too pleased with the way this season is going, obviously the loss to Wolves was a really poor result and the season in general has just been disappointing.
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“Every game as Liverpool manager comes with pressure and the owners are always looking for improvement. Jurgen Klopp had disappointing seasons but then he always bounced back really well the next year.
“Although missing out on the Champions League would be disappointing, getting rid of Arne Slot would be pretty trigger happy from the owners.”
Reflecting on Tuesday night’s defeat, Slot said: “Same old story. Recently we are picking up points because we scored many times from set-pieces.
“But end result, we score one and they scored two and another in (added) time so it sums up our season again.
“What I mean by it sums up our season that we have far more ball possession than the other team and we’ve created most open play chances, but in open play we’ve struggled to score.
“My expectations have changed throughout the season because I expected more from us and what we are fighting for now. But it’s another setback and we didn’t help ourselves with this result, not at all.
“But there are still nine games to play so we are coming closer to the end and dropping points in the game when it’s absolutely not necessary when you look at the run of play.
“If we play this game in this fashion 10 times, I don’t think we lose 10 times but I’m far from sure we win every time – therefore we are not good enough.”