Liverpool news: Slot blasted for Arsenal comments as worrying dressing room moment emerges
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The reigning Premier League champions have dropped to a stunning seventh after suffering four defeats on the trot.After what was a perfect start to the season with five league victories in five, the wheels fell off for Arne Slot's side, who've gone on the club's worst league run in 11 years. Defeats to Crystal Palace, Chelsea, Manchester United and Brentford have shone the light on the Dutchman as he's so far failed to get the chemistry of his side right after a summer where he spent £450million on new players.The likes of Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz have yet to showcase why they cost the Reds over £225m while Mohamed Salah has had his worst start to a league season since joining Liverpool.Mirror Football delves into the latest news from Anfield where Slot's take on Arsenal has been criticised while Liverpool's post-match reaction to the Brentford loss has been revealed.Arne Slot slammedIt's been a difficult sophomore season for Slot who has come under unprecedented pressure during Liverpool's horror run of four straight league defeats.
Earlier this month Slot suggested the Gunners' set-piece prowess hadn't done much to separate themselves from the reigning league champions.Speaking when Liverpool were just a point behind Arsenal, the Dutchman said: "If you’d tell me that we've conceded 40 per cent of our goals from set pieces, and the number one in the league has scored 60% of their goals from set-pieces, and we're still one point behind that team, I would probably think, 'It's not even that bad!'"His comments didn't sit too well with ex-Arsenal man Anders Limpars who called Slot's words "diabolical". To be criticised for scoring from set pieces or not, it’s a diabolical thing to talk about in my opinion."Shall we look back at the last four years and look at what City have done or not have done, or what Liverpool have done or not have done?
Sometimes you don't have to speak about the situation. Everyone wants to change the situation." Chiesa did reveal that the team began to discuss their losing streak and frankly admitted everyone must work harder to put an end to the alarming run."Of course, after we went to the bus and we started to talk about the situation, the first thing is that we don’t have to blame anything or anyone.""We’re not winning, and there could be many reasons for that, but we have to bounce back.