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Arne Slot says Liverpool’s defeat to Brighton ‘hurts a lot’ as defending champions slump to 5th spot | Football News

Arne Slot says Liverpool’s defeat to Brighton ‘hurts a lot’ as defending champions slump to 5th spot | Football News

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3 min readMar 21, 2026 11:09 PM IST Liverpool manager Arne Slot was forced to admit that his team have not been “good enough” and said that the defending champions’ latest defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion “hurts a lot”. Danny Welbeck scored a brace for Brighton at the Amex Stadium on Saturday while Milos Kerkez pulled a goal back for the Reds. The defeat meant that Liverpool have earned just a solo point from their last three league games. The club is now in fifth place in the Premier League, one point ahead of sixth-placed Chelsea ahead of its match at Everton later. “Of course now looking at the league table, this loss hurts a lot and it should hurt us a lot,” Slot said after the game. “It’s not good enough, no matter how many excuses I come up with.” The result will add more scrutiny on his position at the helm of the club. “The main problem is that we are in this position because we dropped a point at Wolves in …

‘My football heart doesn’t like it’: Liverpool’s Arne Slot slams the Premier League’s ‘new reality’ | Football News

‘My football heart doesn’t like it’: Liverpool’s Arne Slot slams the Premier League’s ‘new reality’ | Football News

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3 min readMar 2, 2026 10:31 PM IST A day after Arsenal scored two goals from corners to overpower Chelsea (who had scored their solo goal of the evening from a corner themselves), to stay at the top of the Premier League standings, Liverpool manager Arne Slotlamented the state of football in the English league these days. Slot—whose club are in 5th spot in the league, 14 points below Arsenal—is not happy with the “new reality” of football. Or, as he phrased it, his “football heart” ain’t chuffed at them set-piece goals. “Do I like it? My football heart doesn’t like it,” Slot lamented on Monday ahead of Liverpool’s game at Wolverhampton on Tuesday. “Now most of the games I see in the Premier League are not, for me, a joy to watch.” Slot said set pieces are one reason the Premier League has “so much competitiveness”, with smaller teams able to pull off big upsets. “Teams have become so much stronger – three or four years ago, when the top clubs faced the No …

Liverpool’s Arne Slot says jibes about his team being ‘boring’ are hard to hear | Football News

Liverpool’s Arne Slot says jibes about his team being ‘boring’ are hard to hear | Football News

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Hearing his Liverpool team branded as dull and boring is ‘hard to hear,’ says manager Arne Slot although the Dutchman says he cannot completely disagree with the criticism. Liverpool are unbeaten in eight Premier League games but have looked unimpressive, drawing their last two games against Leeds United and Fulham and only narrowly beating bottom club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They have scored 16 fewer goals than they did at the same stage ‍of ⁠last season and the reigning champions are 14 points behind leaders Arsenal who they face in London on Thursday. “I find it really hard to hear (those words) but it’s not that I completely disagree,” Slot told reporters when asked for his reaction to the descriptions of his team. “I ‌would use different words, take certain things into account. I want to win as many trophies as I can but I think I’m also known for the fact that my teams always try to play attacking football and can only say we are trying to do so.” ALSO READ | Premier League leaders …

The mutual betrayal: Mohamed Salah vs Arne Slot, who is to be blamed in Liverpool’s ugly feud? | Football News

The mutual betrayal: Mohamed Salah vs Arne Slot, who is to be blamed in Liverpool’s ugly feud? | Football News

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Mohammed Salah feels betrayed; in an hour of crisis, he would have expected his manager to stand firm beside him. His manager Arne Slot too feels betrayed; in the darkest of days, in the tactical mess he is immersed in, he would have wanted his club’s talisman to understand him and not go public with his grievances. At the heart of the Salah-Slot saga is this sense of mutual betrayal, now at a level beyond peace talks that Liverpool’s greatest footballer since Steven Gerrard must have played his last game in the shirt that made him famous. And a shirt that he shed his blood, sweat and tears. Cruelly, Salah’s farewell would pass without a testimonial game, tributes or a statue outside the arena. He could be remembered more for the final act of indiscretion rather than the left-footed swipes that had etched several victorious nights. Liverpool had already entered the post-Salah era, just as Salah would realise that his Liverpool days were over. It’s a moving-over that could be tougher on Salah than Liverpool. …

Watch: ‘Need to reverse that a little bit’ : Steven Gerrard reacts to Mohamed Salah’s comments after Liverpool’s 3-3 Premier League draw against Leeds United | Football News

Watch: ‘Need to reverse that a little bit’ : Steven Gerrard reacts to Mohamed Salah’s comments after Liverpool’s 3-3 Premier League draw against Leeds United | Football News

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Former Liverpool captain and club legend Steven Gerrard has said that he respected Mohamed Salah being unhappy over not featuring in matches for the side, but admitted that his words about being thrown under the bus were wrong. The 45-year-old said that he needed to reverse those comments a bit and work with manager Arne Slot to deal with the present issue. “He’s obviously really upset that he’s not playing, which I respect. He won’t sit out of the team. I respect. A couple of lines about throwing people under the bus, wrong. Need to reverse that a little bit away from that; he needs to deal with that with the manager,” Gerrard told TNT Sports. Gerrard also urged club captain Virgil van Dijk to step in and resolve the existing issue, if not for the sake of the club, then surely for the sake of Liverpool fans. “This needs Virgil van Dijk to go, ‘I was sorting this out for the benefit of not even so much of the club or the team. It’s …

Watch: Jamie Carragher apologises to Mohamed Salah for his ‘disgrace’ comment during Liverpool’s Champions League clash against Inter Milan | Football News

Watch: Jamie Carragher apologises to Mohamed Salah for his ‘disgrace’ comment during Liverpool’s Champions League clash against Inter Milan | Football News

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Former Liverpool captain Jamie Carragher has issued an apology to forward Mohamed Salah for his comments over the latter’s rant, following the club’s 3-3 draw against Leeds United. Carragher said that he loved Salah as a player, but urged him to improve his behaviour. Carragher had called Salah’s comments after the Premier League match ‘a disgrace.’ He added that it wasn’t an emotional outburst from the 33-year-old and stated that when he made a rare appearance in the mixed zone, he and his agent staged an event to cause maximum damage. “Would you like to apologise to Mo, and just say sorry for any disrespect? It just come from passion, you’re a fan, go on, just say it down the lens,” Carragher’s colleague Micah Richards asked him during the CBS Sports’ Champions League show. “Mo, I apologise, I’ve upset you. I love you as the Liverpool player, but you just need to behave yourself off the pitch, “ Carragher said in response. It’s all love from @Carra23 for @MoSalah 🫶 pic.twitter.com/IAoqqOcjyy — CBS Sports Golazo …

Mohamed Salah left out of Liverpool’s squad to face Inter Milan in Champions League | Football News

Mohamed Salah left out of Liverpool’s squad to face Inter Milan in Champions League | Football News

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Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah was omitted from the squad to face Inter Milan in the UEFA Champions League clash in Milan on Tuesday. A BBC report stated that the decision to omit the 33-year-old from the traveling squad was made with the complete backing of manager Arne Slot, adding that it was in the best interest of everyone at the club for the Egyptian to stay away for a brief period. The report also said that Salah would face no disciplinary action from Liverpool. The forward came out in the open, following the 3-3 draw against Leeds United, and spoke about how he felt he had been thrown under the bus by the club and how he had to defend himself against the media despite his exploits for the 20-time English champions. “It is not acceptable for me. I don’t know why this is happening to me. I don’t get it. I think if this was somewhere else, every club would protect its player. How I see it now is like you throw Mo under …

‘Poor Florian Wirtz’: Bayern chief Uli Hoeness slams Liverpool’s ‘catastrophic season’, accuses Mo Salah and others of keeping the ball instead of passing | Football News

‘Poor Florian Wirtz’: Bayern chief Uli Hoeness slams Liverpool’s ‘catastrophic season’, accuses Mo Salah and others of keeping the ball instead of passing | Football News

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Bayern Munich honorary president Uli Hoeness slammed Liverpool’s subpar season, saying that the English club wasn’t playing to the strengths of star signing Florian Wirtz. He also accused players like Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai not passing to the German player and are instead happy to just keep the ball. “They have spent 500 million euros and are playing a catastrophic season… In my opinion, that’s because you only have superstars. You only have chiefs and no workers. I always say: at Liverpool, they’ll soon have to play with five balls because the stars don’t want to give up a ball. Poor Florian Wirtz, he doesn’t get the ball at all because Salah and Szoboszlai and what they’re all called want to play with their own ball.” Wirtz hasn’t yet hit the ground running for the Reds after his record £116m move from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer. The German playmaker has yet to register a goal or assist in the Premier League for the defending champions and has been under immense scrutiny for his …

‘I don’t think they’ve really led that team this season’: Wayne Rooney slams Virgil Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah for Liverpool’s slump in form | Football News

‘I don’t think they’ve really led that team this season’: Wayne Rooney slams Virgil Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah for Liverpool’s slump in form | Football News

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Former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney has said that the likes of Virgil Van Dijk and Mohamed Salah have not played like leaders for Liverpool after signing new contracts. The 40-year-old said that both players were showing different body language as compared to before, and that could impact the rest of the team as well. The Reds suffered their fourth successive Premier League defeat on Saturday, losing 2-3 to Brentford away from home. They are currently in seventh place on the points table, with 15 points in nine matches. “Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah, they’ve signed new deals but I don’t think they’ve really led that team this season. I think body language tells you a lot, and I think we’re seeing slightly different body language from the two of them. They are the top two players in that team and if their body language is not right, that affects everyone else,” Rooney said on BBC’s “The Wayne Rooney Show”. Story continues below this ad “No-one has seen this coming, it’s hit them quick, …

Liverpool’s Arne Slot joins Man City’s Ruben Dias in complaining about Premier League tactic | Football News

Liverpool’s Arne Slot joins Man City’s Ruben Dias in complaining about Premier League tactic | Football News

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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has spoken out against teams using a certain tactic to counter their style of play and cause them to lose points. Liverpool, who have already won the league, have drawn eight and lost three of their 36 games, and Slot believes there is a specific reason behind those dropped points. “Teams got to know us better and tried to find answers to our playing style. But one of the things you cannot do anything about is that tactics are being used that have nothing to do with football,” said the Liverpool boss. “Delaying the start of the game, pretending you are injured, taking one minute for a free-kick, one minute for a throw-in. That is my main worry. Every time we drop points, that happened… goalkeepers taking one and a half minutes. When we have dropped points, that tactic was used. I like to say it now after winning the league, not losing a game.” Story continues below this ad Slot chose to speak on time wasting in the Premier League …