'I saw 5 games that left Liverpool with no choice but to fire Arne Slot'
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Liverpool felt that it had no other choice but to fire Arne Slot after a season that didn't go to plan, with a faster and more aggressive style key to its plan moving forward14:09, 30 May 2026Updated 14:14, 30 May 2026Arne Slot has been fired as Liverpool head coach.(Image: James Gill - Danehouse/Getty Images)Liverpool has parted ways with Arne Slot after a tough season in charge, only a year after he won the Premier League title.Ultimately, while the decision was determined to be the best course of action moving forward, it was still a difficult one to make. Having guided the Reds to their 20th title and then helped them move through an incredibly difficult summer following the tragic passing of Diogo Jota, Liverpool ideally wanted to give Slot time to turn things around.With concerns about his playing style, though, and with recruitment planned for a more aggressive and fast-paced style moving forward, it was determined by the hierarchy that there was no other option.Though Liverpool got into the Champions League places, Mohamed Salah spoke recently about the need to play in a more intense manner.
It appears that the Reds felt the same.Liverpool 1-2 Manchester United (Premier League)This was Liverpool's fourth defeat on the bounce, and by this point, a pattern was emerging: conceding late goals, as a result of not being fit and physical enough, was a major theme, not least when injuries started to bite.Liverpool lost late at Crystal Palace and Chelsea to goals that were avoidable. In the Champions League, Liverpool tended to be better suited to what was required; in the Premier League, it was playing catch-up having been caught out by a general change of style across the division.(Image: Getty Images)Liverpool 1-4 PSV (Champions League)While the Champions League often helped mask some wider issues, Liverpool's heavy defeat to PSV at Anfield was an exception.It was the third game in a row that Liverpool had lost by three goals (following Manchester City and Nottingham Forest) and the mood was already turning.Liverpool was torn apart defensively and though it had 27 shots to PSV's nine, there was a clear gulf in the quality of those opportunities.
This summer, Liverpool will attempt to fix that via recruitment, but for a different head coach.Arne Slot, Sipke Hulshoff and Giovanni van Bronckhorst during Liverpool's Champions League defeat to PSV at Anfield(Image: (Marcel ter Bals/DeFodi Images/DeFodi via Getty Images))Leeds 3-3 Liverpool (Premier League)This game was remembered mainly for Mohamed Salah's mixed zone outburst, and certainly, that should have been something kept to himself after being named on the bench for three games on the spin.But it was also a match in which Liverpool was 3-1 up and in control until costly defensive mistakes ended up throwing the points away. It was far too easy to carve open time after time.Arne Slot and Mo Salah are both leaving Liverpool in the same summer(Image: Getty)Liverpool 0-0 Leeds (Premier League)A second game against Leeds to feature, this was one of many dire games to watch in the season just gone.