Alan Shearer suggests Arne Slot ‘is not comfortable’ playing two Liverpool stars

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Slot attempted to switch his side up in Turkey with Frimpong moved into an advanced attacking role on the right ahead of Mohamed Salah with Dominik Szoboszlai again deployed at right-back. While Slot explained Frimpong’s performances in an attacking role for his previous club merited Tuesday’s decision, Shearer was not convinced.

He’s playing him in a different position. ‘He’s playing a midfielder in the right-back position, and they’ve probably been the best right-back up until now. He certainly was in the performance against Newcastle anyway; he was the man of the match, Szoboszlai. ‘They paid a lot of money for a right-back in Frimpong.

That tells me he’s not comfortable.’ Frimpong lost his man for Palace’s winner at the weekend (Picture: Getty) Slot appeared to question Frimpong’s decision-making following the weekend defeat to Crystal Palace after Eddie Nketiah was left free to score a dramatic equaliser. While he did not name the player, Slot’s comments appeared to be aimed at Frimpong who stepped up away from Nketiah. ‘We can only blame ourselves.