Slot: Change to Come After the Summer
The manager had a lot to say following a lackluster performance against Chelsea.
LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND - MAY 09: Arne Slot, Manager of Liverpool, looks on prior to the Premier League match between Liverpool and Chelsea at Anfield on May 09, 2026 in Liverpool, England. (Photo by Gareth Copley/Getty Images) | Getty Images Before Saturday’s match against Chelsea, Liverpool needed 4 points to secure a Champions League spot. And with the Blues coming into Anfield with a 6 match losing streak, it felt like the club could essentially sew up the one task left to accomplish in what’s become a slog of a season.
Unfortunately, as we all know, the team put up the kind of performance that you might expect against a steely defensive team – perhaps like the cagey classics against Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal over the past few seasons. Looking at the team’s xG, for example, might lead one to that very conclusion: . 51.
That’s all this club managed to create against a team that’s on their third manager and hadn’t seen a positive result since before the last international break. Which, I feel, makes the result that much more disappointing; the post-match angst that much more earned. A minor consolation as a writer on the West Coast of the United States is that this was the one early kick-off I managed to miss this season.
Normally a point of pride for me to catch these kick-offs live, when given the chance to swap, I took that offer so quickly. Because I’d been fooled before. The fans, it seems, felt similarly, as they let their discontent be known vocally.