'Surprised': Jason McAteer says he's sure which Liverpool player Arne Slot was publicly calling out yesterday

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It was a tough day for Arne Slot after his Liverpool team lost 2-1 to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park.Slot’s side delivered one of their worst first-half performances, as they were completely dominated by Palace, going 1-0 down thanks to an Ismaila Sarr strike after a poorly defended corner.They had some reprieve from a Federico Chiesa equaliser in the final 10 minutes, but it was cancelled out at the last second, when Eddie Nketiah scored from a long throw-in, to the delight of the home crowd.There were issues all over the pitch for Liverpool, with individual errors and performances marring their day in South London, and even with an improved second-half showing, it was not enough to secure a point.Following the game, the Dutch manager gave a post-match press conference and spoke about how one player during the Nketiah goal decided to run out of position to wait for a counter-attack.Photo by Gaspafotos/MB Media/Getty ImagesJason McAteer ‘surprised’ Arne Slot singled out Jeremie FrimpongIt led to fair speculation that the player in question was Jeremie Frimpong, who was ready to play on the counter for his side before the former Arsenal striker stuck it into the back of the net.Frimpong’s positioning was poor; however, the rest of the team had also not dealt well enough with the initial ball, and his counterpart on the left-hand side, Milos Kerkez, gave away the throw-in in the first place.READ MORE: Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz have brought something to Liverpool that nobody is talking aboutWhile he did not name the player during the conference, many had felt it was unfair to single him or any of the team out during media duties, given it was quite a poor display all round.The former Liverpool player Jason McAteer was left shocked that the manager had decided to say this during the presser.Speaking on BeIN Sports with Richard Keys and Andy Gray, the ex-midfielder said: “I am surprised that Arne Slot has done that in public because, like you said, we kind of know who the player is.”This was an unusual move from the manager, who had only recently had to manage the situation with Hugo Ekitike’s red card and had attempted not to single him out too much.Gray agreed with McAteer’s assessment and highlighted his answers in the press this week as a change from his usual approach.He said: “You know, all week he was the total opposite of that he was saying during the week we have been lucky this year… he was like that all week, and it was nice to hear him say that, but that kind of totally flipped.”Jeremie Frimpong did not deserve the criticismWhile it was poor decision-making from the Dutch right-back, the performances of others who spent longer on the pitch and caused more issues were not highlighted by the manager.Ibrahima Konate’s display, especially in the first half, was widely and rightly criticised, but he did not pass comment on him during the presser.Even if he did not name him, it was obvious that he was discussing the 24-year-old. It feels unfair to even say that in the press.It will be interesting to see if there is any kind of fallout from that criticism, but knowing how Slot operates, he will probably smooth the situation over with a private conversation with the player.