Winners and Losers from Liverpool’s FA Cup thrashing at the hands of Man City

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This had many people wanting to see the Egyptian King back to his mercurial best for the final games he will play in the famous red shirt. Manchester City v Liverpool - Emirates FA Cup Quarter Final | Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/GettyImagesSalah looked fairly sluggish out there today, similar to the rest of his season, and often being too slow on the ball, like he was with his huge chance with the game poised so delicately at 0-0 in the first 35 minutes.

Khusanov managed to poke his foot onto the ball making Salah drag his shot on the 6-yard-line, out for a throw-in.To add insult to injury, Mo then had the chance to score a consolation goal for the Reds with a penalty kick, whilst down 4-0. It feels as though he should apologise or at least own up to the poor performance from him and his teammates, as a way to start repairing the relationship between him and the fans.Loser – Arne SlotThe manager has been and will be under building pressure from now until the final whistle of the second leg against PSG, in the Champions League, Slot’s only hope at salvaging such a pitiful season.Manchester City v Liverpool - Emirates FA Cup - Quarter Final - Etihad Stadium | Mike Egerton - PA Images/GettyImagesThe Dutchman has been criticized heavily over the course of the season and for good reason at times, today’s game being another reason as to why the pressure is building.

Slow, low intensity, easy to play through and a lack of character after going behind, all symptoms that his team have been showing all season, this isn’t a one time blip from his squad.Add the performances across the season to the heated and public falling out with Mo Salah and some rumours of discontent, you have the perfect storm for a coup de gras, with many cases like it from all over the footballing world.This is not in support of Slot being sacked or let go at any point, he won the league in his first year as manager and made it look fairly easy. He should get the chance to show he and his team can bounce back from such a poor season and be able to click fully as he intended when all these signings were made.