Steve Nicol spotted something seriously annoying about Arne Slot during Man City 3-0 Liverpool

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However, more worrying than the scoreline itself was the manner in which Liverpool fell to a fifth Premier League defeat of the season.Arne Slot and his team never looked like getting a result against Pep Guardiola’s side. Outplayed right from minute one, Liverpool could not have argued if they had been beaten by four or five.Despite a better week to start November, questions are rightly being asked of Slot following the game, with former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol one of those to air some serious doubts about the head coach.Photo by Shaun Brooks – CameraSport via Getty ImagesArne Slot slammed for passive approachEver since Liverpool’s poor run of form began in September, Slot has been coming under increasing scrutiny for his apparent lack of solutions.The Dutchman looks incapable of providing the answers to why his team are struggling so badly, with Sunday’s performance one of a team who badly need some direction.READ MORE: Three things we learnt from Liverpool vs Man City as Reds’ abysmal away form continuesNicol is often an outspoken critic of his former club, but in telling ESPN FC that Slot’s lack of a reaction to Sunday’s poor start at City ‘annoyed’ him, it will be easy for fans to agree.“The [City] dominance surprised me,” Nicol said.

That just tells you how this game went.”“There’s only one thing that really annoyed me about the game, was that Arne Slot sat on his hands in the first half and changed nothing. That annoyed me more than anything.”What could Slot have changed vs City?

Slot failing to change shape or approach to bad starts this season has unfortunately been a feature of recent times.However, against a team purring in the way City were on Sunday, it can be incredibly difficult to change things.Guardiola’s team may not be the one who won four Premier League titles in succession, but they are still an incredibly effective machine.Some of their football on Sunday was brilliant, and although fingers can be pointed at Slot and Liverpool, the poor performance was not necessarily the result of a bad tactical plan.Being overrun in midfield is not always because of the set up, sometimes the opposition are just better. Introducing Curtis Jones earlier or dropping Florian Wirtz into a more central position were the only real options for Slot, and neither would likely have changed things massively.Nicol’s accusation that Slot is too passive is certainly one which is worth examining, but on Sunday we do not think it was the reason Liverpool were beaten.