Jamie Carragher delivers brutal Xabi Alonso truth as Arne Slot loses again
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Liverpool IconLiverpool FC NewsFeaturesLiverpool FCXabi Alonso was fired by Real Madrid earlier this season, and many Liverpool supporters would like to see him replace Arne Slot in the Anfield dugout this summerJamie Carragher spoke about the managerial situation at Liverpool after Tuesday's loss to Galatasaray(Image: CBS Sports)Jamie Carragher believes that the fan scrutiny on Arne Slot at Liverpool is higher than it might have been had Xabi Alonso not been on the market.Slot has endured a disappointing second season in charge of the Reds, with the team producing a meek title defense despite spending a huge amount of money to revamp the squad last summer. Tuesday's loss to Galatasaray was Liverpool's 13th defeat of the season in all competitions, and many fans have lost faith in Slot's ability to turn the situation around.Some of those fans would like to see Xabi Alonso, who was fired by Real Madrid in January, replace Slot — and Carragher thinks that Alonso being without a job is heightening the pressure from supporters on the Dutchman.READ MORE: 'Clueless' Arne Slot faces the music for ignoring Rio Ngumoha in Liverpool lossREAD MORE: UK media slam Liverpool's style of play after painful Galatasaray defeat“I think so," Carragher said on CBS Sports.
"That's fair because of his (Alonso's) history at Liverpool, and he did such a remarkable job at Bayer Leverkusen."We know Madrid didn't go well, but he'll be better for that experience.“The job he did at Leverkusen was not just a good job, it's one of those jobs that you look at and think, 'That's not supposed to happen.'"Him being on the market does intensify the pressure; maybe not from the club but from the supporters because they have got a love affair with Xabi Alonso because of 2005.”Carragher is still backing Liverpool to progress to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, despite Tuesday's disappointing performance in Turkey — but he does not see the Reds going any further in the competition.Content cannot be displayed without consent“I don’t think Galatasaray are a great team," Slot said. "They’re a team Liverpool should beat and should go through."I’m still 98 percent [confident LFC will progress] – it was 99 percent a couple of weeks ago!"I still think Liverpool will go through, but this is a worry for the manager and the team."What we saw tonight is what we saw early on in the league phase against Galatasaray."This team is just a million miles off where it was supposed to be this season, which was that we would be talking about them in the same way that we talk about Bayern Munich right now."We're talking about a team that has now got to change a deficit against Galatasaray — which I think they will — but I don't have any hope of them going any further than that, if the next tie is against Paris Saint-Germain, which I think it will be."Choose Liverpool.com as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value.Liverpool FCJamie CarragherArne SlotXabi Alonso