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Paul Scholes points finger at one Liverpool star as he slams Arne Slot's 'pretty' approach

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Liverpool have fallen from Premier League champions last season to facing a real fight just to earn a place in the Champions League next season - and Paul Scholes has pinpointed their problemLiverpool's possession-based playing style under Arne Slot this season has made Anfield an easier place to come for away sides, according to Paul Scholes. Florian Wirtz is a brilliant, brilliant footballer but I think he's made them more into a possession team."I think under Klopp and probably under past managers as well at Liverpool, the last thing they're thinking about at home is playing football.



They're just thinking about kicking the s*** out of you and steamrolling you and stopping you from playing. There has been a lack of consistency in performances this season and Scholes thinks the issue comes when they don't have the ball."They won the league, brilliant, they won it quite early last year," he said.

They're still good, they still want to be a nice pretty football team - but you've got to stop the other team."He added: "When we talk about philosophies of managers and football clubs - how many times did we speak about Ruben Amorim coming to United with his own philosophy playing the way he wanted? Man United had their own philosophy, I think it's almost a similar way for Liverpool."Liverpool aren't a possession team, they're just not - they're all over you like a Jurgen Klopp team.