With Liverpool falling to a second consecutive 3-0 defeat, there was a lot for supporters to debate amid the fallout from an Anfield loss to Nottingham Forest.
Alexander Isak‘s place within the crew, 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 want 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’s 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 shedding 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 by which the identical errors are repeatedly being made.
Slot proved final season that he’s coach, able to positively affecting video games from the sidelines, however to show this run of type round would be the hardest check of his younger managerial profession but.
Dominik Szoboszlai enjoying at right-back
With Conor Bradley and Jeremie Frimpong absent via damage, 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 effectively 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 educated the entire week” and he didn’t “suppose he was absolutely prepared to begin.”
The one right-back by commerce that might have been chosen was Calvin Ramsay; he made the Premier League squad on Saturday for the primary time since 2022.
The argument for enjoying 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 towards Crystal Palace.
Why was Alexander Isak picked?
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Since signing from Newcastle, Isak has performed 500 minutes and scored only one aim. That isn’t all his fault, nevertheless.
Towards Forest, he had simply 14 touches and one shot off beam as he struggled to attach together with his teammates whereas being carefully marked by Murillo.
This ineffectiveness shouldn’t be information to Slot, who spoke on Friday about how he might must play over different extra in-form gamers – that will be Hugo Ekitike – with a purpose to acquire match health.
Certainly, although, it will have been wiser to begin Ekitike towards Forest and play Isak towards PSV within the Champions League, earlier than doubtlessly beginning the Swede once more subsequent weekend at West Ham?
Lengthy queues entering 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 crew in poor type additionally, it doesn’t assist the temper across the match when supporters must 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 induced loads of followers to overlook kick-off attributable to 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 traces 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 crew are at the moment 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 want 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 largest goal initially 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, nevertheless, 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 must regain some momentum domestically.
