Alex Ferguson would fine the player and leave him at home. I don't give a fuck how weak Slot's position is. The manager has to display authority. Otherwise he comes across weak and servile. The amount of Mo sycophants and ass lickers on here is astounding. Right behind the manager on this one.

People are blinded by their dislike of Slot the coach and this Salah business is another stick they can beat him with. The masses wanted Salah benched a few weeks ago. His form very poor by his standards. There's no objectivity or fairness with football discourse.

The club will side with the manager on this one. You're about to witness the dying embers of Mo Salah's Liverpool career.

One of Slot or Salah's position is now untenable. Possibly both. That relationship is broken after that outburst.

Mark Selby is a devastating animal when he's on form.

"After what I have done for the club it really hurts. You can imagine, really. After going from home to the club and you don’t know if you are starting. I know the club too well, I have been here many years. Tomorrow [Jamie] Carragher is going to go for me again and again, and that’s fine."

Mo Salah: 'I called my mum and dad and told them to come to the Brighton game. It doesn’t matter if I play or not. I'm just going to be at Anfield and say goodbye to the fans before the Africa Cup of Nations, because I don’t know what is going to happen when I am there.'

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From title winners to a mess. Now a legend has started internal strife.

I wouldn't pin all that on Slot. I suspect the suits would like to move Mo on next summer. He's off to AFCON in a week. He's been out of form. Slot has been trying to formulate a team without him for 6 weeks.

Mohamed Salah: "I had a good relationship with the manager. All of a sudden we don't have any relationship. I don't know why. It seems to me that someone doesn't want me in the club."

Slot says Ibrahima Konate has been "a bit too much at the crime scene" this season.

Negative 10 set-piece balance in the league now. 0 scored, 10 conceded.

That is so unprofessional. Daming.

We're a pathetic team. Truly fucking awful. No defence.

Szoboszlai 3-2

Any adversity and they fold like a cheap tent. Pathetic.

Gave a poor team a gift.

Up to 5th in play. Chasing the pack now. Need to push on from here. I hope we've LW lined up for January. I can't be having much more of Gakpo as first choice. Good squad pro.

Delivery from the flank for Hugo's second. Don't see it enough.

Hugo is fucking class

Get in there, Hugo

This Liverpool team is going nowhere without elite wingers if that's the route Slot wants to go down. They've nothing on either flank. It's a major issue every game. Complete lack of pace. Full control of the game, but a lack of quality in attacking areas.

Looking at results in play. We simply have to win later. The table is beyond grim.

We made Sunderland and Forest look good. Both getting easily tamed by City and Everton, respectively.

Malen could be the play here for Villa.

If we were in any way semi competent, we'd be in this title race.

Unai is doing some job.

This is a massive game for the Arsenal. Villa can really blow open the title race with a win. If Arsenal can win at Villa, it's a huge statement of intent.

Slot talking about having no Jacob Murphy winger profile when discussing Isak's form. He essentially said he's got no wide players who can go on the outside and deliver the ball.

There's little jeopardy at this World Cup. 8 teams that finish 3rd in their groups qualify for the knockouts. Shambles. Countries will be rewarded for failure.

Brutal draw for Germany getting Equador.

Ferdinand is all over the gaff.

Shouldn't this have world cup pedigree presence. Rio bloody ferdinand. Reminds me of the time Jermaine Jenas parked up in Qatar. They've some agents these ex English pros.

Absolutely ridiculous that a football body is handing out peace prizes.

I think it would have to get significantly worse for Liverpool's ownership to act. They'll be very reluctant to sack Slot IMO. It would have to be untenable. They'll take everything into account. Even the Jota tragedy. They'll give Slot every opportunity to come through the fog.

Very rare that both United and Liverpool are equally shit.

Tomkins. Cutting Slot some slack. open.substack.com/pub/tomkinst...

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"Far too many times this season we don't concede a lot of chances but the ones that we do go in." When a coach is coming out with this routinely, you know you're in trouble.

Liverpool's shape first half last night. Isak and Wirtz on a fools errand pressing enormous spaces. The rest of the team has dropped off playing cowardly football. At Anfield.

This is how it's going to be until May. We'll win some, lose some, and draw some. Little consistency of performance. The team has no wingers with any pace, unpredictability, and penetration. Major, major issue. It will come down to whether fsg deem Slot good enough to get CL football.

MacAllister looks cooked.

Sunderland coach Regis Le Bris on the game vs. Liverpool: "We were a bit surprised to have plenty time and space to play today."

We're a bang average outfit.

Danger for Arsenal if Foden starts to cook.

Haaland is a goalscoring phenomenon.

Bizarre stuff from O'Sullivan. An odd man.

Rice is some midfield player.

Playing against 10 men for a large part of the game. Champions elect have to win here.