Arne Slot accused of establishing Liverpool children for failure in Carabao Cup exit
Liverpool had been dumped out of the Carabao Cup on Tuesday evening after a 3-0 defeat to Crystal Palace, with Arne Slot making ten adjustments to his beginning eleven
View 3 PhotosArne Slot has been accused of choosing a Liverpool aspect he knew wasn't robust sufficient to beat Crystal Palace. Jamie Redknapp lashed out on the Dutchman after the Premier League champions had been dumped out of the League Cup.
Following the Reds' 3-2 away loss to Brentford on the weekend, Slot made ten alterations for the fourth-round encounter in opposition to Oliver Glasner's outfit. Alongside the wholesale adjustments to his beginning XI, he additionally packed the bench with children from the academy.
Palace, for the third event this marketing campaign, proved too robust for the Reds courtesy of a double from Ismaila Sarr and a subsequent strike from Yeremy Pino. Upon seeing the group sheet, Redknapp confessed his considerations concerning the youthful nature of the line-up. He additionally reckons the problems are mounting perilously for Slot.
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Following the defeat, which moreover witnessed Amara Nallo obtain his marching orders within the closing levels, the pundit declared: "He (Slot) mentioned, 'That was a selection I made, that was the group I picked,' however he picked the flawed group. Make no mistake about it.
"You requested me beforehand and I mentioned, 'He's actually made it tough for himself tonight, choosing that group.' He has not helped the younger gamers there, due to the group and the gamers round them.
"He made ten adjustments from the weekend in opposition to Brentford. You possibly can't inform me he's picked that group at the moment and people subs, pondering, 'That'll get me a consequence in opposition to a very good Crystal Palace aspect.' You may hope you may, however I didn’t assume for one second they might beat them and he has made a mistake at the moment."
Redknapp additionally mentioned: "It's not simply the defence, it's not simply the midfield, it's all the pieces proper now. They’ve to point out some character. They've obtained some actually robust video games forward.
View 3 Photos"I haven't mentioned this fairly often about Arne Slot, as a result of I feel he's been sensational, however at the moment was an enormous mistake. You possibly can't inform me that aspect was ever going to be able to beating a very robust Crystal Palace aspect."
The Reds' youthful group choice may very well be justified by their upcoming matches in opposition to Aston Villa within the Premier League and Actual Madrid within the Champions League simply days later. In his post-match interview, Slot additionally confessed there have been a number of harm considerations previous to the match.
With the oldest Liverpool participant on the bench being merely 21 years previous, Slot mentioned: "I feel individuals who know this membership and have adopted this membership for a few years, know that on this competitors we use it for youthful gamers. We need to assist create a pathway for them to play in entrance of 60,000 individuals, in entrance of our personal followers. That is without doubt one of the causes.
View 3 Photos"The opposite motive is as a result of we solely have 4 or 5 accidents, but when I’ve to play once more the identical gamers. I feel there are a number of the reason why we’ve got misplaced so many video games. With all the explanations there are not any excuses. Nevertheless it hasn't been useful that nearly on a regular basis we solely had two days in between the video games after we needed to play away from residence."
With a string of six losses of their final seven matches throughout all competitions, Redknapp conceded the stress is beginning to pile on Slot, his group and his workers. He said: "He's been unbelievable since he got here to the membership, however that is actual stress for everyone involved. That is soccer and that is the value on the ticket. They climbed a mountain final yr, they did one thing completely sensational.
"Now they’ve to return to that character they confirmed final yr once they received the title and stick collectively to get some outcomes. Once you ask what's going flawed with Liverpool, there are such a lot of issues."
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