Roy Keane’s damning verdict on ‘weak’ Liverpool defeat: “This is crisis time!”

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Roy Keane summed up Liverpool’s malaise following the 3-0 defeat to Man City, describing it as “crisis time” and questioning Arne Slot‘s praise for the second half. “It’s very easy to play when you’re two or three-nil down when the other teams take their foot off the gas.” Focusing in particular on Liverpool’s defensive efforts for Haaland’s opener and Gonzalez’s deflected strike for 2-0, Keane added: “They’ve done the worst thing: they ended up doing nothing.

“At least get the basics right!” “They’ve ended up in no man’s land and lacked that intensity and desire to stop crosses. “Five or six years ago when they won the league, the following season they lacked that intensity of what champions need – you’re the target, you’re the best team – and Liverpool to me [are the same now] “When you do have a decision to make a least do it with some sort of intent.

“It’s still early in the game, they were at home [in the week] and they only travelled down the road. “You have to get the basics right and that’s stopping crosses, kind of being difficult to play against.” Liverpool are now eight points off Premier League leaders Arsenal having won six and lost five of their 11 games so far – and face Nottingham Forest in their first game after the international break.