Gary Neville says Liverpool star was ‘all over the place’ against Leeds

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Tanaka scored a dramatic late equaliser for Leeds (Picture: Getty) Liverpool sit eighth in the table after the draw (Picture: Getty) ‘They did that so I thought it was a professional first half from Liverpool without anything speculator happening up front. ‘Then, all of a sudden, you get the goal. You’ve won the game. ‘Arne Slot then makes substitutions, he’s telling his team, “We’ve won this game, this is now about shape, it’s about concentration, focus, game-management”, and they’ve not been capable of it again.’ To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Neville was especially concerned by Konate’s performance at the back and felt Liverpool were their own worst enemy at times at Elland Road. ‘They’ve created their own problems and even at 3-2 you were almost like, “Something could happen”, because you don’t trust them.

I don’t think they were happy with the nine minutes. ‘I don’t know where the nine minutes came from but you could see they weren’t confident in the nine minutes.’ Salah said he had been ‘thrown under the bus’ after being left on the bench (Picture: Getty) Neville continued: ‘It’s a bad one and they’ll be dejected going back to Liverpool on that coach. ‘They will be in a very dark place. I don’t think they will be in a good place at all.’ Serious questions have been asked of Slot’s future in recent weeks, despite the Dutchman’s extraordinary success in his first year at the helm last term.

They won the title four months ago,’ he went on. ‘There’s definitely a problem, there’s definitely an issue of settling this new team, this group of players who have come together, into the squad. ‘What’s happened with Salah and what’s happening with Isak, what’s happening with the defenders, what’s happening with the full-backs… there’s lots of questions and you can tell he’s still trying to answer them. It might need a couple to leave and a couple to come in to get to where he wants to.’ Speaking to the BBC shortly after the final whistle, Slot admitted he was in ‘disbelief’ that his side had once again faltered in such dramatic fashion. ‘There’s a sense of disbelief,’ the Liverpool head coach said. ‘I think we played quite well to very well during large parts of the game and went 2-0 up. ‘I don’t think we had any problems and I don’t think we conceded a chance until the moment we make a foul which is not even a chance.’ Pressed for his response to Salah’s post-mark remarks, Slot replied: ‘Like I said before the game, we have to accept the situation we are in, and I make my choices based on that.’ For more stories like this, check our sport page.