There was plenty to cover on Monday as Liverpool enjoyed a brilliant weekend kicking off their Premier League campaign with a victory away to Ipswich Town.
After the game, the main focus was all on Arne Slot’s call to take off Jarell Quansah at half-time. Former Manchester United right-back backed Slot and explained how the new Liverpool boss made the right call.
“I thought Arne Slot was quite tough on Quansah,” he said. It is [a big call]. I mean subbing someone at half-time is big and I do not think it is done lightly by managers.
“It was the way after the game as well, he was quite blunt about the way he answered it and there was no holding back.
“So, I think there is an element of him being quite clinical and brutal and he was reacting to the game and what was happening. He felt like they needed to win the duels, that was his main thought behind the decision.
“It worked, you have to say, Liverpool were a lot better in the second half and it was a good win for them.”
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Gary Lineker questions Arne Slot
Football – FA Premier League – Ipswich Town FC v Liverpool FC IPSWICH, ENGLAND – Saturday, August 17, 2024: Liverpool s head coach Arne Slot during the FA Premier League match between Ipswich Town FC and Liverpool FC at Portman Road. Photo by David Rawcliffe/Propaganda IPSWICH Portman Road SUFFOLK ENGLAND PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxUK Copyright: xDavidxRawcliffex P2024-08-17-Ipswich_Liverpool-62
Neville may have been a fan of Slot’s ‘bluntness’ but Gary Lineker on the other hand expressed caution over how the new Liverpool boss handled the situation with Quansah on Saturday afternoon.
Lineker likened Slot to Jurgen Klopp and explained how he did not think the former Liverpool manager would place such scrutiny over his players.
“That speaking out publicly about a player’s performance is not something that you would have ever heard, I don’t think, from Jurgen Klopp, so there’s already a slight difference there. I am always slightly nervous when managers or coaches are publicly critical of their players.”
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Jamie Carragher slams former teammate
KINGSTON-UPON-HULL, ENGLAND – Tuesday, April 28, 2015: Liverpool’s Raheem Sterling feels a pain in his back against Hull City during the Premier League match at the KC Stadium. (Pic by Gareth Jones/Propaganda)
Elsewhere, Jamie Carragher slammed Raheem Sterling for the statement he made after he was omitted from Enzo Maresca’s first Premier League squad at the weekend.
Carragher responded with a rebuttal and explained how his former Liverpool teammate should just focus on proving himself on the pitch.
“Massive fan of Raheem as a player & a lad,” he wrote on X (formerly Twitter). Not a fan of the Chelsea set up with owners etc. But this statement is ridiculous! As a camp………..! We look forward to gaining clarity…….!!
“No need for a statement, especially an hour before kick off!! Just play better.”
