Liverpool’s Secret Recipe: Angry Players and Lost Cups…
Arne Slot has mostly been a wizard since joining Liverpool. The Reds are on the brink of landing the Premier League title in his debut season—quite the magic trick. But it seems he picked up a Klopp-style recipe for regret pie. Despite all the successes served up at Anfield, someone forgot to mention there’s no award for “Best Dressed Bench Warmer.”
You see, Slot’s grand plan backfired when Liverpool’s Champions League dreams were vaporized by PSG, and the Carabao Cup mishap with Newcastle didn’t quite help bolster his rep as a mastermind, either. His masterstroke? Overtasking his A-team and leaving players like Harvey Elliott to collect dust. You’ve got last season’s standout now impersonating the world’s saddest spectator.
Check out the grumbling Elliott, probably practicing his blue steel when really he’d rather be kicking a ball. “There are moments within the season where I am getting angry,” says a somewhat bemused Elliott. “But hey, that’s football!” quips the 21-year-old as he graciously twiddles his thumbs. Here’s hoping Slot discovers the magical art of player rotation—before the only thing those trophy cabinets fill up with are cobwebs.
