"Not a surprise a decision goes against us" 🗣️
Arne Slot reacts to the decision to award Benjamin Sesko's goal in Manchester United's 3-2 win over Liverpool 🔴
Everyone says selling Diaz was Liverpool's biggest mistake.
I'm going to tell you why it wasn't.
And what the ACTUAL mistake was. 👇
First. The facts.
Diaz wanted to leave.
Then Bayern came calling.
€75M for a winger who was 28 at the time, wasn't getting any better, and wanted a wage increase when he didn't really deserve it.
Had one elite season under Klopp.
Was decent under Slot for the first few months, but fell off.
Never consistently delivered the same level again.
Liverpool took the money.
And honestly?
They were right to.
Here's the truth about Diaz that nobody wants to say out loud 👇
He was a good player. Not a great one.
In his best run of form under Klopp, he was electric.
Direct. Pacey. Goals and assists.
But consistency?
It was never there.
His goal record over three seasons doesn't match the reputation.
His big game performances were inconsistent.
He went missing when Liverpool needed him most.
Bayern paid €75M for a player who wanted to go.
Liverpool received a premium price for a player in decline.
That is not a mistake.
That is smart business.
SO WHAT WAS THE MISTAKE? 👇
Not replacing him.
That's it. Simple as that.
Liverpool sold Diaz in the summer.
Went into the season with Salah, Gakpo, Ekitike, Isak, Rio and Chiesa
Assumed the attacking depth was enough.
It wasn't.
Isak got injured.
Ekitike was the only ST.
And there was nobody who could play that left wing role properly besides Gakpo, as he wasn't giving Rio or Chiesa a run out
No direct wide left option.
No pace on the left side to stretch defences.
No Diaz replacement.
That is why Liverpool struggled.
Not because they sold Diaz.
Because they sold him and replaced him with nobody.
The transfer was right.
The replacement plan was wrong.
Now, this summer, they're pursuing the likes of Leão. Fofana. Abde. Gordon.
Doing what they should have done last summer.
Finding the Diaz replacement twelve months too late.
Sell a player who wants to leave and isn't consistently elite?
Smart.
Sell him and not replace him?
Unforgivable.
That's the real story of Diaz.
🔴
@Pattiemainaa@AnfieldEdition@WeAreTheOverlap credit to slot for winning a title but he did nothing??? what are you waffling you just say things without actually thinking through it ffs
@AnfieldEdition@WeAreTheOverlap I've had enough of all this guy's telling us how we should be like. Credit to Slot for winning that title but he did nothing to that team and i absolutely guarantee it that if Jurgen stay one more year he wins that easily.
Gary Neville for @WeAreTheOverlap: “What has happened to Liverpool fans?
“[Jamie] Carragher has always told me: win the league and they'll turn on the players before the manager. I can hear Carra saying it 20 times in the last 15 years. Suddenly, what has happened?"
@Carpologyst@ThatsFootballTV@hasanshahbaz19@markgoldbridge literally spot on mate not sure how fans don't realise this that it takes time to rebuild look at city, took pep over 18 months to get consistant results and way more money than slots had so fans need to stop being so reactionary and give the man patience and time.
@ThatsFootballTV@hasanshahbaz19@markgoldbridge All this speculation is crazy, it took Klopp almost 4 years to win his first trophy! If you’re looking at this logically selling 10 players and bringing in 6, loosing Jota then injuries all destabilises consistency. Player drop off & individual mistakes. People need to paitient.
"My opinion on that, as a Man United fan, is one of comfort and joy!" 🙏
@markgoldbridge questions why Liverpool are reportedly not looking to move Arne Slot on. #LFC
@talkSPORT this guys a clown most the time but here he's spot on, right now we're having the season we expected last season only difference is thanks to slot we've now got another league title and overtook man united as most successful club in england.
😡 "Slot wins a title in his first season and he gets no latitude at all!"
🤦♂️ "I listen to his immature nonsense about bringing Steven Gerrard in! On what basis!?"
Simon Jordan slams #LFC fans calling for Slot to go and those wantingh Steven Gerrard to replace him! 🔥
@oladipupo_raji@TouchlineX frimpong couldn't play any longer so gomez came on then we needed more from the attack so we subbed off a defender and gomez was the defender that made most sense.
@HoltyAB@MartinBach1@primevideosport how was he already going down when he was leaving back it's physically impossible. without contact he would have stayed up clear contact clear penalty and the var just ruined the game by being payed off.
@ipostanythingLF@LFC you must be braindead if you think us being 2-0 down is anything to do with the manager, forwards waste easy chances and defence makes simple mistakes, yet u use slot as a scapegoat because ur a sheep who lacks the ability to form his own solid football opinion.
@lfcgabriell are you silly or what? we've created about 4 huge chances, you expect slot to go on the pitch and score those chances for the players? or maybe he should swap places with virgil so we don't give away a penalty???
@TouchlineX as a liverpool fan and englishman there's def some love lost for trent after he left us for madrid however leaving him out the world cup squad is despicable, what he offers going forward is irreplaceable, he's not the best at defending neither is white. send him to the WC ffs
🚨🗣️ 𝗡𝗘𝗪: David Beckham on Trent Alexander-Arnold:
"I’m a massive fan of Trent; I love him as a player."
"I’ve heard so many times over the years that 'Well, he isn’t good at defending.' Well, sometimes you have to accept that."
🚨Arne Slot has reportedly submitted a list to the club's board with players he is willing to let go at the end of the season.
The names included on the list are
.Rio Ngomuoha
.Federico Chiesa
.Marc Allister
.Curtis Jones…Show more
@AnfieldEdition this comment section is tapped, people on x are actually morons. virg is clearly talking about the lack of available players we had v brighton only 13 senior players then once the match started nd ekitike got injured we had 12 available, it's tragic compared to other teams.
Van Dijk: “I was also surprised when I was on the training pitch yesterday [Friday] and I only saw the amount of players that I saw, but that is the situation.”