The harsh truth Liverpool must face after dramatic change of heart on Arne Slot

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Until Liverpool decided they had too many Dutch coaches from Feyenoord. Liverpool’s support for Slot was such that they never intervened when Chelsea appointed Xabi Alonso.

Until the last couple of days, it seemed he did.Arne Slot’s sacking came after a sudden change of heart at Liverpool (PA)An end-of-season review carried a harshness. He could complain about set-pieces and low blocks, but Liverpool had to combat them and too often they did not.

Slot had seemed the calm antidote to Klopp but Liverpool concluded they needed a more urgent, front-footed and aggressive style of play; the heavy-metal football Mohamed Salah said they had lost.Mohamed Salah criticised Slot’s style of football on his way out of the club (PA)Salah’s own decline hardly helped in that. It was not enough to save him.It is anticipated that Slot will be paid for the final year of his Liverpool contract.