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Arne Slot accepted that the performance wasn’t close to good enough, responding to some of the fans in the away end leaving long before the final whistle: “We don’t want them to leave early – we have to perform better,” Slot said. “That’s the first thing.
And we have to show now that we react after a loss like this and after so many disappointments we already had this season. “And that’s what we need to do Wednesday, when we again face a very good team, where we again need to play as we did in the first 35 minutes.
But in moments of defending, we need to be much more ruthless than we’ve been today.” Now, The Daily Mail‘s Steele hasn’t held back in his criticism of Szoboszlai and Ekitike, neither of whom covered themselves in glory against City for different reasons: “Slot is not the only man to blame, of course. Some incidents, like Hugo Ekitike giving Rayan Cherki his shirt [mid-match] or Dominik Szoboszlai appearing to be annoyed at fans leaving, are not a great look.” Liverpool players not helping themselves during difficult season It is hard to disagree with much of what Steele says, with too many Liverpool players showing a lack of awareness this season, one in which supporters are growing increasingly frustrated with the lack of fight on show.
