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Why Liverpool's throw-ins are a symptom of bigger issues under Slot

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Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Slot responds to tough questions after Liverpool's 4-0 defeat to Man City Man City 4-0 Liverpool - reportAs it happened at the Etihad | Teams | StatsTransfer Centre LIVE! | Liverpool news & transfers🔴Download the Sky Sports app"I think after they scored the 1-0 we were still in the game but then we had a throw-in," Slot explained in the press conference afterwards. Speaking to Gronnemark earlier this season, he appeared genuinely baffled at what he was now seeing at Liverpool.



Also See: Slot questions effort and spirit Liverpool news and transfer latest Stream Sky Sports with no contract Download the Sky Sports app "Liverpool had a possession on throw-ins under pressure of 33.3 per cent and that is really low," he said. Suddenly, City's most creative player had the ball 35 yards from Liverpool's goal.In space and with runners, he found Semenyo for the finish.

They don't know where to throw, the players don't know how to create space again." Image: Thomas Gronnemark speaks to the players during a Liverpool training session in 2019 The takers have changed since Gronnemark was there. Perhaps the lessons learned - Liverpool went from 18th to first from throw-ins under pressure when he came in - have been allowed to slide.