Roy Keane tears into Liverpool players and brands Arne Slot's men 'bad champions'

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And they suffered a setback in that battle on Sunday afternoon when Richarlison scored a minute from time to secure Tottenham Hotspur a point at Anfield.Dominik Szoboszlai had given his side the lead after just 18 minutes, but it was a case of another same old story for Liverpool as the former Everton man pounced on some poor defending to secure his side a precious point as they bid to avoid relegation to the Sky Bet Championship.And speaking after the game, former Manchester United captain Keane took aim at Liverpool’s players for this season’s drop-off and believes there are bigger issues going on behind the scenes.“Considering they were league champions last year, I’ve said it before and I’ve said it a number of times, Liverpool are bad champions,” he told Sky Sports.“They have been bad champions and they were bad champions a couple of years ago. They are details you can fix, but I think there is stuff going on, I don’t know if they are all on the same page and there doesn't seem to be that chemistry with the players.Virgil van Dijk after Liverpool's draw with Tottenham (Image: Getty)“You are on about when you win big titles, sometimes the big challenges the following year – can you back it up?“You can obviously have a drop-off, and City have had a drop-off recently in terms of their high standards, but they are still competing in second or third.“They are not 20 or 30 points behind the team who is winning the league.

That is a drop-off, but for Liverpool to be so far off last year, they lost four games; they have lost nine already this year, and I find it hard to get my head around that.”And when it was pointed out to him that some of those defeats last season came when Liverpool had already won the league, Keane continued: "They were slacking off a little bit and switched off, of course.Related articles Liverpool player ratings vs Tottenham: Alisson shines but three 5/10s in draw Dominik Szoboszlai gives worrying interview after Liverpool held by Tottenham “But it is almost that mentality, and last year I was critical of Liverpool, and I felt they were always partying too much. You are Liverpool Football Club; are you not expected to win league titles?“So when you do win it, enjoy it, but let's back it up next year.

Read our Privacy Policy“When Arsenal win the league this year, I don’t want Arsenal to disappear for the next three, four or five years. That is your challenge.“And when you are giving up goals like that, whether it was the ones at Wolves recently or even the game against Man City, I look at this group of players, their mentality and work rate and desire and what they are doing on the training pitch, and I don’t like what I see with this Liverpool group.