'I heard Arne Slot response to Liverpool defeat and three games can prove him right'

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When the Liverpool team sheet dropped at Anfield, confirmation arrived that Arne Slot would make wholesale changes. A bit like a manager switching to a three at the back system to desperately find a short-term fix long enough to stave off the sack, veering off course in terms of his team selection for the Carabao Cup would have been more worrying even than a 3-0 home defeat.

"This felt to me like the right decision, and I haven't changed my mind after the result," Slot said in his post-match press conference. LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 29: Arne Slot, Manager of Liverpool, looks dejected after Ismaila Sarr of Crystal Palace (not pictured) scored his team's second goal during the Carabao Cup Fourth Round match between Liverpool and Crystal Palace at Anfield on October 29, 2025 in Liverpool, England.

Slot, though, knows his team must get better, not least because next week, it faces Aston Villa and Real Madrid at Anfield and then Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Frankly, with a resurgent Aston Villa coming to Anfield next, and then two huge fixtures to follow, anything less than the three best performances of the season to date — right off the back of six losses in seven games — and Liverpool will be fortunate to get anything in terms of points.