Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown has predicted the way forward for Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot at Anfield.
His prediction was additionally backed by former Liverpool star Jamie Redknapp following Premier League matches on Saturday.
Liverpool had been crushed 3-0 by Nottingham Forest in entrance of their very own followers at Anfield, marking the Reds’ sixth defeat in seven Premier League video games.
Arne Slot’s aspect at the moment are eight factors behind leaders Arsenal, who play Tottenham within the North London Derby on Saturday.
The 2 former Premier League stars imagine that Slot wouldn’t be sacked regardless of Liverpool’s poor type this season.
Slot, who received the Premier League in his first season at Anfield, is presently below big strain, together with his ways not efficient and his summer time signings failing to ship.
“The wheels are coming off now for Arne Slot,” Keown stated on Ultimate Rating.
“He has spent £450 million on gamers, and they’re going backwards. They’ve merely been undone. Whether or not it’s a disaster, I don’t know, but it surely’s actually a significant drawback for the supervisor to go six defeats from seven. Unthinkable.
“It isn’t exceptional for a supervisor to win the league one season and get sacked the subsequent; Claudio Ranieri in 2017 is the newest instance, dropping his job simply months after miraculously guiding Leicester Metropolis to the title.”
Former Liverpool star Jamie Redknapp agrees with Keown’s verdict, saying on Sky Sports activities:
“I have a look at Liverpool now; that is what I anticipated to occur final season. After Jurgen Klopp left the membership, I assumed it might have some destructive impact on the staff. There wasn’t. They did one thing completely extraordinary and received the league.
“Proper now, I feel it’s a time for persistence as a result of there’ll be folks, pundits, everybody, going loopy saying, ‘sack the supervisor.’”
