With Liverpool falling to a second consecutive 3-0 defeat, there was lots for supporters to debate amid the fallout from an Anfield loss to Nottingham Forest.
Alexander Isak‘s place within the group, Dominik Szoboszlai‘s choice at right-back and Arne Slot‘s place on the membership have all come underneath the microscope – and never unreasonably both.
Arne Slot’s place
In the summertime folks have been supportive. All prepared to grasp in the event that they struggled, was ready for this season to finish up being robust one to take
That’s find yourself taking place and now folks calling for his head?
My opinion is watch out what you would like for. Wanting him sacked with no…
— Kieo (@kieomusic) November 23, 2025
Whereas restraint and context are required when discussing the coach’s place on the soccer membership, there may be now room for affordable debate on the subject.
The overwhelming majority of supporters are unwilling to name for Slot’s head, however there are those that are quickly dropping religion as a result of nature of Liverpool’s performances.
It isn’t simply Liverpool’s traditionally poor run of eight defeats in 11 video games that’s inflicting concern, although; it’s the method wherein the identical errors are repeatedly being made.
Slot proved final season that he’s a very good coach, able to positively affecting video games from the sidelines, however to show this run of kind round would be the hardest take a look at of his younger managerial profession but.
Dominik Szoboszlai enjoying at right-back
With Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong absent via harm, Slot turned to Liverpool’s most in-form midfielder, Szoboszlai, to fill in at right-back.
It’s a place the Hungarian has now performed 5 occasions this season and he wasn’t poor on Saturday. The identical may very well be mentioned of Curtis Jones, who linked properly with Mo Salah and Szoboszlai within the first half.
Nonetheless, as has been mentioned many occasions this season, Liverpool missed Szoboszlai in midfield when he isn’t there.
Joe Gomez would have been many supporters’ most well-liked option to play at full-back, and even at centre-half as a substitute of the error-prone Ibrahima Konate, however Slot defined after the match that the 28-year-old “hadn’t skilled the entire week” and he didn’t “suppose he was totally prepared to begin.”
The one right-back by commerce that would have been chosen was Calvin Ramsay; he made the Premier League squad on Saturday for the primary time since 2022.
The argument for taking part in a pure right-back at right-back is logical, however it’s comprehensible why Slot didn’t throw him in having solely performed as soon as this season within the Carabao Cup in opposition to Crystal Palace.
Why was Alexander Isak picked?
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Since signing from Newcastle, Isak has performed 500 minutes and scored only one purpose. That isn’t all his fault, nonetheless.
In opposition to Forest, he had simply 14 touches and one shot off track as he struggled to attach together with his teammates whereas being intently marked by Murillo.
This ineffectiveness shouldn’t be information to Slot, who spoke on Friday about how he could should play over different extra in-form gamers – that may be Hugo Ekitike – with the intention to achieve match health.
Absolutely, although, it could have been wiser to begin Ekitike in opposition to Forest and play Isak in opposition to PSV within the Champions League, earlier than probably beginning the Swede once more subsequent weekend at West Ham?
Lengthy queues stepping into Anfield
Shambles of a system. It’s 2:18pm for godsake. All for a half-hearted, faux, ticking-the-box ‘search’. I’ve queued faster in an airport. pic.twitter.com/AbhRpBvHLr
— Peter Bolster (@peter_bolster) November 22, 2025
With the group in poor kind additionally, it doesn’t assist the temper across the match when supporters should queue up for 45 minutes solely to overlook kick-off.
New safety measures that are right here to remain contain each Anfield attendee being searched individually upon entry.
In latest weeks, this has brought about loads of followers to overlook kick-off as a result of delays outdoors the turnstiles.
Regardless of many arriving earlier within the hope of avoiding the queues, supporters paying exorbitant ticket costs have been nonetheless met with lengthy strains outdoors the bottom.
Whereas security is paramount, the membership should put extra workers on to make sure the frustration doesn’t seep into the stands.
Altered ambitions for the season
With Liverpool now eleventh within the Premier League and a minimum of eight factors behind leaders Arsenal, hopes of retaining the title have been all however extinguished.
Mikel Arteta’s group are at present going at about 2.35 factors per recreation, a mean which might see them end on 89 factors if it have been to proceed.
To succeed in that tally now, the Reds would wish to earn about 2.7 factors per match and solely drop roughly seven extra factors for the remainder of the marketing campaign – appears unlikely.
Consideration has now turned to securing a top-four end and going after an unlikely Champions League triumph.
This was arguably the most important goal in the beginning of the season anyway, with Slot beforehand admitting he would choose the European Cup over the Premier League if compelled to decide on one.
As everyone knows, nonetheless, you possibly can’t choose and select as soccer isn’t performed on paper. If the Reds are to face any probability in Europe, they a minimum of have to regain some momentum domestically.
