'This is a disaster': Former Liverpool player slams Arne Slot for making Reds 'unrecognisable' against PSG

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Former Liverpool player Jermaine Pennant has slammed Arne Slot for making the Reds ‘unrecognisable’ during their disappointing Champions League defeat against PSG.It said everything that Slot and Liverpool were reasonably happy to come away from Paris with ‘only’ a two-goal deficit after failing to lay a glove on the French champions.And according to Pennant, the defensive-minded set-up provided by Slot was as far from Liverpool’s DNA as it is possible to get. 2-0 down vs PSG, it's going to be some ask from here… Photo by FRANCK FIFE / AFP via Getty Images Pennant doesn’t recognise Liverpool under SlotIt is easy to understand why Slot decided he needed to go with a more defensive 3-5-2 formation against PSG, and in parts it worked okay.But it is not what Liverpool supporters want, or expect, to see from their team when facing fellow big sides in the Champions League.Pennant summed that up when taking to X after Wednesday’s defeat, suggesting that he can’t quite believe what Liverpool have now become.“If I speak I’ll be in trouble,” the pundit posted.

I clapped and I cheered enough said.”Photo by Chris Brunskill/Fantasista/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Jamie Carragher explains why Virgil van Dijk found it so tough in Liverpool’s 3-5-2 vs PSG“I was a Liverpool fan way before I became a pro footballer. “Slot, you won the league last year with a style of play and DNA of Liverpool that Klopp built.

This team is now close to unrecognisable.”Analysis: Liverpool have to make a change It feels as though the Liverpool hierarchy should be getting closer to sacking Slot with every passing week.Saturday’s 4-0 defeat was clearly worse than what happened in Paris, but in some ways Wednesday night was equally as damning for the Liverpool head coach. Rate Arne Slot’s second season as Liverpool head coach Can anyone make a serious argument for higher than a C? 😶 Photo Credit: Getty Images/Carl Recine Perhaps it is an unhelpful comparison to make, but the Reds would never have turned up against any opponent in the Champions League in such a defensive manner under Jurgen Klopp.Liverpool did suffer heavy defeats under the German, of course, not least the embarrassing 5-2 loss against Real Madrid at Anfield in 2023.