Arne Slot has given the impression of being largely cool and picked up throughout his Liverpool tenure to this point, however once in a while his fuse will burn out and he’ll let rip.
Chris Kavanagh will attest to that after the earful he obtained from the Reds’ head coach at one level through the 3-1 victory over Leicester on Thursday evening, which the Premier League leaders earned after coming from behind.
Till Cody Gakpo’s equaliser on the stroke of half-time, the Anfield faithtful had been left pissed off by the guests, who had been solely too comfortable to decelerate the sport at each alternative as soon as they’d hit the entrance by means of Jordan Ayew.
Slot seen remonstrating with fourth official
The closing exchanges of the primary half noticed Liverpool searching for to shortly construct upon the Dutch ahead’s aim, however referee Darren Bond known as a halt to proceedings simply because the Reds had been constructing an assault.
Amid boos from the house supporters, that tipped Slot over the sting, with the 46-year-old approaching fourth official Kavanagh and pointing within the course of the place the play had stopped, the LFC boss clearly sad over how his crew’s momentum had been interrupted.
Some curious refereeing selections on the evening
Though Liverpool emerged victorious final evening, there have been nonetheless a couple of moments from the officers which might’ve vexed Reds supporters.
Bond gave simply seven fouls within the first half (5 for Leicester) however, regardless of the dearth of any strong challenges, nonetheless noticed match to challenge two yellow playing cards. For a end he booked three gamers from the house aspect, together with a harsh one for Dominik Szoboszlai which has now triggered a suspension for the journey to West Ham on Sunday.
Slot additionally had each proper to really feel irritated over the abrupt ending to the primary half when his crew had been on the assault. It was a task reveral from our journey to Newcastle firstly of the month, when the Magpies had been enraged on the full-time whistle being blown after they had a promising counterattack in movement.
After the interval, there have been two VAR opinions which took a minimum of 5 minutes mixed (therefore the 9 further minutes on the finish) and left many in Anfield venting their displeasure with the needlessly drawn-out course of – in the long run, the on-field determination was preserved in each situations.
Even in a match with no standout controversial second, Bond and his crew of officers nonetheless had a couple of moments which might’ve examined the endurance of each Liverpool and Leicester.
Fortunately, these had been mere footnotes to one more LFC victory, one which leaves us seven factors clear on the Premier League summit this morning!
You’ll be able to view Slot’s trade with Kavanagh under, by way of @asim_lfc on X:
Slot is fuming with the ref. #LFC pic.twitter.com/UlDBFipZxp
— Asim (@asim_lfc) December 26, 2024
