Arne Slot is right about Liverpool - but two key questions can't be ignored
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Liverpool struggled to generate chances and excitement against Chelsea, and while Arne Slot is right about how things can change, some Reds fans have made their feelings clearLiverpool head coach Arne Slot looks on during the 1-1 draw with Chelsea.(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)There was a moment, with Liverpool tied at 1-1 against Chelsea, that Giorgi Mamardashvili collected the ball. If Liverpool had numbers ready to sprint forward, there was a real chance to counter-attack.In the end, though, to avoid giving away a corner by holding onto the ball for too long, and with nothing in front of him to spring a forward move, he hopefully tossed the ball towards Cody Gakpo.READ MORE: Liverpool player ratings, winners and losers vs Chelsea as Rio Ngumoha starsREAD MORE: Arne Slot responds to Liverpool boos as fans react angrily to Rio Ngumoha decisionThe stand-in Liverpool number nine was easily beaten in the air.
As the ball bounced over his head, the Dutchman turned around and waved his arms at Mamardashvili, as if to ask what he expected him to do with service like that.It was a perfectly reasonable question, in one sense. Arne Slot insisted post-match that he didn't instruct his players to go risk-free and slow things down, but that is inarguably what they did.In the second half, the boos that greeted Rio Ngumoha's withdrawal were a sign of how precarious the mood is at the moment.
Slot said the teenager had a cramp and needed to come off, but the reaction was one of a supporter base with doubts.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot on the Anfield touchline.(Image: PETER POWELL / AFP via Getty Images)Ngumoha had, at times, offered some much-needed spark in the game. Seeing him come off was a moment of deflation.Speaking to reporters after the game, Slot said that he was "100 percent" confident that after a difficult season — one that will end with Champions League qualification, but has been tough nonetheless — a good summer would put his side back on track.It is perfectly reasonable to believe that with some extra pace in attack, Liverpool would look completely different.