Phil Thompson says Arne Slot should’ve taken £35m Liverpool player off at half-time vs Man Utd

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The Reds are now fourth in the top-flight table and are four points adrift of league leaders Arsenal.Photo by Michael Regan/Getty ImagesAlthough Arne Slot chose to make some changes in the game, former Red Phil Thompson believes that the Dutchman should have taken Alexis Mac Allister off at the start of the second half after what happened to him.Phil Thompson thinks Alexis Mac Allister should have been substituted at half-time for LiverpoolLast year, Mac Allister was one of the Reds’ best players. This season, it’s taken a while for him to get up to full fitness due to him missing some of Liverpool’s pre-season due to injury.

However, now that he’s getting up to scratch, it’s clear that he’s one of the first names on Slot’s teamsheet. But, within the first minute of Sunday’s game, Virgil van Dijk elbowed Mac Allister in the back of the head after going up for the ball, which allowed Man United to score.

And, although he seemed okay at the time, Thompson still thinks Mac Allister would have benefited from being taken off at the end of the first half.“Everybody likes a Macca in midfield, it may be the bang on the head, but I felt he could have made way a half-time, in my mind,” he said on the Official Liverpool FC Podcast. Liverpool must buck their ideas up against Eintracht Frankfurt on WednesdayWednesday’s Champions League game against Eintracht Frankfurt will be a good test of whether Liverpool’s recent form has just been a blip or not.Of course, Liverpool losing four games in a row is far from ideal, but the fact that fans and even some pundits are entertaining the idea of Slot being sacked is baffling.