Liverpool coach breaks silence on sacking and what went wrong under Arne Slot

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He had initially joined the Reds as first team individual development coach in the summer of 2024, but was soon tasked with responsibility of the club’s set-pieces due to his analyst background.After helping Liverpool win the Premier League, Briggs was named set-piece coach on a full-time basis last summer. It’s black and white.“As an assistant, you try to help where you can, so I thought ‘Why not?' (become the club’s set-piece coach).“I knew how much goes into it, as I had seen Nico Jover work at Manchester City day to day.

All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook page“I took on the role full-time and thought I could make a difference. But it was mostly second and third balls so it wasn’t the setup at delivery.“We spoke to key players and Virgil (van Dijk) was one I spoke to heavily.

We tried everything to correct it.”He continued: “It hurt when we weren’t performing as I was putting everything into and it wasn’t going great. In hindsight, it didn’t work out for the club or myself, but no regrets.“I wish from the bottom of my heart it had gone better in that second year but everyone was trying so I didn’t feel alone.“There wasn’t a falling-out.