Salah's scathing statement: Liverpool need to rediscover 'heavy metal attacking' football
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As I've always said, qualifying to next season's Champions League is the bare minimum and I will do everything I can to make that happen." Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Jamie Redknapp believes Arne Slot will be under immense pressure if Liverpool fail to secure Champions League football next season, especially with Xabi Alonso available to replace him. Salah said after December's 3-3 draw at Leeds that he had been "thrown under the bus" and had no relationship with Slot.The 33-year-old Egyptian striker has scored over 250 goals for Liverpool and established himself as one of the club's greatest ever players since joining from Roma in 2017.Liverpool announced in March that Salah - who has won two Premier League titles along with a Champions League crown, FA Cup and two Carabao Cup trophies, while he is the club's third all-time top goalscorer - would be leaving Anfield at the end of the season on a free transfer.Salah had signed a new two-year contract with Liverpool in April 2025.Slot insists Liverpool will be a better force next season Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Arne Slot admitted that Liverpool struggled to cope with Aston Villa's quality and intensity after the heavy 4-2 defeat at Villa Park.
Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Virgil van Dijk reflects on a disappointing season for Liverpool as they look to go a step closer to Champions League football for next year against Aston Villa "But I think then they are underestimating what a window can do, what a new start can do, and I think we know quite well what to improve."I think one of the things we have to improve is also very, very, very obvious, and I would have preferred not to talk about it here, but you're actually almost forcing me to."If you miss nine players that can start a game of football, and almost all of them are starters for us or have been for large part of the season, then if you add that to what you can improve in a window and add that to players that are playing for the second season in the Premier League, that will automatically lead to much more."I don't think the differences are so big, only doing in a few situations the right thing can already have a best massive upwards possibility." The damning Liverpool stats... Liverpool have conceded four goals in a Premier League game for the first time since a 4-4 draw with Southampton in their final match of the 2022-23 season.
Excluding penalties, Liverpool have conceded the most goals from set-pieces in the Premier League this season (20) – the Reds have conceded 11 goals via corners for the first time in a Premier League campaign. Carra: Liverpool have too many weak playersJamie Carragher believes Liverpool have far too many "weak" players in their team after they were "taken to the cleaners" by Aston Villa in their 4-2 loss on Friday Night Football.Their defensive frailties continued against Unai Emery's side and Liverpool have now let in 52 goals in the league this season - the most they have ever conceded in a 38-game season."This has been happening from the first day of the season on a Friday night against Bournemouth," said Carragher on Sky Sports co-commentary duty."Liverpool have far too many weak players - physically and mentally - and it has to be fixed.