Big Al

@MoSalah @TweetForTheMany Can’t help but wonder what the established press’s reaction to this would have been if it wasn’t said by a brown Muslim man??

I have witnessed this club go from doubters to believers, and from believers to champions. It took hard work and I always did everything I could to help the club get there. Nothing makes me prouder than that. Us crumbling to yet another defeat this season was very painful and not what our fans deserve. I want to see Liverpool go back to being the heavy metal attacking team that opponents fear and back to being a team that wins trophies. That is the football I know how to play and that is the identity that needs to be recovered and kept for good. It cannot be negotiable and everyone that joins this club should adapt to it. Winning some games here and there is not what Liverpool should be about. All teams win games. Liverpool will always be a club that means a great deal to me and to my family. I want to see it succeed for long after I have moved on. As I’ve always said, qualifying to next season’s Champions League is the bare minimum and I will do everything I can to make that happen.

@_lfcleanne I can see the logic behind the outcome, but it’s only because they’ve tied themselves up in knots with “guidance”. 99% would agree that was handball.

Referees making headlines for all the wrong reasons again, I see. The standard of officiating in this country has never been worse.

@Kristian_Walsh Hopefully not quite the same level, but very reminiscent of how Leicester completely dropped the ball!

@DSSeedorfDS @TheKopHQ @indykaila And Kenny was sacked after winning a cup!!

Souness was sacked after finishing on 60 points, Evans was demoted after finishing on 65 points, Houllier was sacked after 60 points, Rafa was sacked after 63 points, Rodgers was sacked a couple months after finishing on 62 points. We have 59 points.@TheKopHQ @indykaila

@NJkopite Sorry, that should read “if Villa finish 5th etc…”

@NJkopite 6th only qualify if Villa finish 4th and win EL. We’re the only ones other than Villa who could finish 4th.

Is “qualifying” for the champions league by coming 5th or heaven forbid the back door of 6th really “qualifying”???

@NJkopite @indykaila @1980Sohail Hodge-esque!!

@indykaila @1980Sohail Joke

Arne Slot: “But two away goals at Villa Park is not bad."

@AnfieldIndex Hodge would be proud!

Arne Slot “We have conceded far too many goals, but we didn't score enough goals. But two away at Villa Park is not bad."

@paullesurf @StanCollymore Assuming Wednesday goes well, I’d expect they’ll all still be drunk!!

@StanCollymore Honest question. Will this version of Villa turn up against Manchester City?

Congratulations to the players, staff and supporters of Aston Villa Football Club. UEFA Europa League Finalists. Champions League Qualification via Premier League confirmed.

@Watch_LFC Yeah… taking the actual right back off worked out well.

I’d get Joe Gomez off soon and put Jones there.

@Andrew_Heaton Arguably 4 of his best back 4. No excuse for being this porous other than it being systemic. These players aren’t that bad.

When has any manager had his first choice 11? Yes, the injuries haven’t helped but it’s his job to mitigate it We had 3 of our first choice back 4 today and the same midfield that won the league and yet we shipped 4 on the road, after shipping 3 in our previous away game

@thisisanfield It’s more than likely Villa lose to City, so a win at home to Brentford and we somehow still finish 4th.

Qualifying for the Champions League via 5th place is NOT an achievement. Agree or disagree?

@Sean_Rogers Bizarre that they made such a big play to get Edwards back and then left themselves so vulnerable.

FSG have a number of problems not limited to but including … 1 year left & 0 contract extensions - Edwards - Hughes - Slot Clearly from briefings / Ornstein … Edwards & Hughes have made their decision that Slot deserves to have another season With 0 contract extensions are FSG sleeping on Sporting Director (SD) role? (Hard to imagine surely?) As it stands Slot Hughes Edwards all leave summer 2027 Are FSG going to try and retain Hughes / Edwards / both? Are FSG lining up internal promotion or external recruitment of new SD? If so they’d need a say on head coach surely? If Hughes is off in summer & Edwards sees out remaining year does he become caretaker SD? If Hughes leaves and then Edwards leaves before 1st September = what happens then? If Hughes & Edwards remain for one last year you must follow their call surely on Slot having another season otherwise both positions are untenable surely?

@TheCarteI Feel Macca’s legs have gone. He could probably get a tune out of Grav with the right training. He got the attributes to be a Fab type. Who’s the Gini or Robbo likely in the market? Fernandes perhaps?

...and erratic Konate and a keeper that isn't fit to lace Alisson's boots. Where's the fight in any of them? Dom and maybe Macca he could get it from. Wirtz will run around a lot but he's hardly the strength of Bobby. I'll never forgive them for fucking up that squad.

Klopp comes into this. He's got two strikers that can't or won't close down - both are injury prone. He's got a midfield that can't defend for shit and have been lacking a DM since forever. He's got no reliable right back, no good left back, an over the hill Virgil...

@TheCarteI I think at least we’d have some fun if we got Iraola.

I worry that changing Slot for Alonso is like changing Starmer for Burnham. I'll leave it at that.

@StanCollymore No shape, no press, no pressure, no clue!

As a former Red, and having watched too many Liverpool masterclasses at Villa Park ( and played in a couple), that could be the worst Liverpool performance in B6 I've seen. And I'd include the 7-2 in that. No idea what the team is trying to do and that's a very, very rare thing to say about any Liverpool team.

@TheCarteI They all do that… none of them pressure the shot/pass/anything. And this has to be by design - there’s no way Klopp would allow this

I love the way Kerkez does that hands behind his back thing whilst backing away to give them plenty of space to have a shot. I really really love the way he does that...

Slot’s Stoke moment… let’s not make the same mistake again @LFC

@RichardBuxton_ His answer to things not going well just seems to be to destroy any shape we do have… and then wonders why it never works!

@TheCarteI The whole defence, as drilled, pushed out… except part time player Chiesa who played everyone onside. Maybe taking off your actual right back wasn’t the best plan!!

What a shambles. At least he made a save first.