‘Unbelievable’ – BBC pundit says one man let Liverpool down massively in fateful defeat to PSG
‘Unbelievable’ – BBC pundit says one man let Liverpool down massively in fateful defeat to PSG French football expert Julien Laurens criticised the tactical decisions made by Arne Slot as Liverpool exited the Champions League on Tuesday night following a home defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. With the Reds trailing 2-0 from the first leg, the Dutchman went for broke by starting both Alexander Isak and Hugo Ekitike , although neither of those made it to the second half, in which the hosts were unable to capitalise on a 20-minute period of dominance before Ousmane Dembele struck twice. DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE!
ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAY Although LFC’s performance was a marked improvement on the first leg, ultimately the scoreline from Paris was replicated at Anfield as the Merseysiders bowed out of Europe for another season. Laurens: Slot let Liverpool down with ‘unbelievable’ decisions Laurens was critical of Slot for his tactical approach and team selection on Tuesday night, particularly the decision to start the Swedish striker when he’s still feeling his way back from a four-month injury layoff. The European football expert told BBC Radio 5 Live : “I don’t want to blame Arne Slot again like we did last week, but that line-up to start was complete nonsense.
That second half should have been exactly how Liverpool should have started this game tonight, to get the crowd going. “It should not have been Isak from the start. I don’t even understand where that came from – unbelievable.
I don’t understand. He made errors in that first leg in his line-up and the way I think they set up. “Again, we said before the game tonight, he cannot get it wrong.
Tonight is not the game to get it wrong. You can’t change at half-time and expect then to turn this game around. He had to get it right from the beginning, and for me again, he let the team down and the club down and the fans down.