Slot's Exciting Future Derailed as Team Suffers Severe Performance Decline!

Liverpool manager Arne Slot during the Premier League match at Anfield, Liverpool. Picture date: Sunday March 15, 2026. (Photo by Peter Byrne/PA Images via Getty Images) | PA Images via Getty Images Liverpool threw away two points on Sunday when they allowed a relegation battling Tottenham side to pull level in stoppage time.

Despite the draw, though, Arne Slot’s side still manage to end the matchweek in fifth, meaning that if the season were to end today they would qualify for the Champions League. If they fall a point or two back of that position in the final table, though—or if the Premier League end up with the usual four qualification slots rather than the currently expected five—it will be games like Sunday’s with dropped points from winning positions to blame, and it’s damning for the head coach that we’re now deep into March and the side still lacks a tactical identity and remains fragile late in matches. “Of course it’s damaging,” Slot acknowledged following the 1-1 draw when pressed on the potential for those two dropped points to play a role in Champions League qualification.

“But it’s how many times this happens that has been damaging for us. We don’t help ourselves at all. It’s so many times this season that we’ve created much more xG or chances than the amount of goals we score.

“Usually in the Premier League you see a lot of teams outperforming their xG, but that definitely is what we are doing. Then a game still stays tight until the end and we struggle to keep clean sheets. We haven’t had as many clean sheets as you would want and that’s a bad combination for picking up points we want.