‘Very odd’: Gabby Agbonlahor left confused at Arne Slot’s comments following Manchester United defeat

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Now this loss has meant that Slot will have to make some tough decisions over his squad; however, he also has to accept that his team, for the fourth straight time, were simply not the better team in any department.Before the game, some of the comments by Slot were not exactly what you would want to hear from a manager, with him mentioning in his pre-match comments about Ruben Amorim’s decision to change his starting XI.Photo by Carl Recine/Getty ImagesGabby Agbonlahor labels Arne Slot ‘bitter’ after Manchester United lossWhile that initial statement was odd, it was his seeming complaints about the Red Devils’ tactics against his side that caught the attention of Gabby Agbonlahor.The Dutch manager bemoaned the fact that Amorim’s team employed tactics of long balls rather than playing out from the back.READ MORE: Steve Nicol urges Arne Slot to make ‘hard decision’ over Mohamed Salah at LiverpoolThese were comments that seemed unfair, given that the 47-year-old was outdone by those tactics in whatever way people want to spin it.Agbonlahor spoke about how his words showed the ‘bitterness’ he has about him during a talkSPORT show this morning.He said: “I think they played some lovely stuff into Mbeumo, Cunha, and Mount. He has got that in him Arne Slot.

He has got a bit of bitterness when he loses.“(Slot criticism) It’s deserved, I mean four losses in a row. And he has to be judged.“The money he spent, and it’s not working 100%.

He’s snatching at chances, which you don’t expect from Mo Salah.”Arne Slot needs to address his tacticsOnce again, Liverpool were undone by long balls, set-pieces, and at times direct passing between the lines.It is simply not good enough and not something that is expected of the team that won the Premier League.This is something he clearly needs to address with his own tactics; he cannot just complain that teams are using it against him. Slot needs to identify exactly how they are getting caught out and adapt.Where he should start is the defence, because it is the most glaring problem, especially when it comes to losing the second ball.