The three REAL reasons Arne Slot faces Liverpool sack | OneFootball

Arne Slot is under incredible pressure at Liverpool right now. Here are the three reasons why his position is under so much heat.

Liverpool lost again on Wednesday as PSV Eindhoven came away from Anfield with a 4-1 win. That's now three consecutive defeats by at least three goals, two of which have come at home in the space of a few days.

It's an unfathomable run of form. Liverpool won the Premier League last season, after all, and spent over £400m on new players over the summer - yet they're in the midst of their worst run in 76 years.

And so Arne Slot is up against it. The pressure is incredibly high right now but that's not because of the last 12 matches. The issues go deeper than that.

Liverpool’s true form

The really poor form is not the last 12 games. If it were, you’d call it an incredibly difficult blip but something Liverpool can turn around.

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The real issue is that this poor form goes back nearly a year now. Liverpool have won just 21 of their last 42 matches across all competitions. While dropped points were put down to fatigue or a drop in intensity with the end of the title race last season, the fact it’s carried on into this season is the biggest problem of all.

Because seeing a similar level of performance despite a massive summer overhaul is a really, really bad sign. A sign that it’s not the players that are the issue.

These aren't draws

Another major concern? Liverpool aren't just dropping points. They're not drawing games that they should be winning or witnessing bad luck.

Instead, they're just flat out losing. That's now nine games in the last 12 that Liverpool would have been thankful for a point.

Perhaps that's the most worrying sign of all. Liverpool aren't merely struggling but being outplayed by just about everyone - to the point where teams can expect to get points against them.

It's very difficult to put things down to luck or form right now. Liverpool are just bad.

Liverpool on repeat

The biggest frustration right now is the lack of tinkering with the team. Slot typically picks roughly the same system every week, opting for a back four with two sitting midfielders and a player ahead of them that operates beetween the lines.

You get two wingers who stay very wide and a centre-forward who has a licence to roam a bit. That's the system and Liverpool have played that way in every meaningful game under Slot.

Even throughout this bad run, it's never wavered. Despite the evidence being that such a system doesn't get the best out of this group.

It's not how Jurgen Klopp operated, though. When the new signings weren't working in 2018, he switched from his 4-3-3 to a 4-2-3-1 while he integrated them all into his style of play.

In fact, he also played with a back three in late 2017 due to some injuries as Liverpool chased Champions League qualification. That even featured Emre Can operating back there.

Before Klopp there was Brendan Rodgers, who realised his 4-3-3 wasn't working in 2013. It led to him reshaping the team into a diamond formation that had spectacular results.

Did that system work after Luis Suarez left? Not at all. But it worked perfectly for the group he had and very nearly delivered the title on very little investment.

We simply haven't seen these things from Slot. We rarely even see a change of personnel, with Federico Chiesa finding it impossible to get minutes.

Is that the reason he'll eventually leave? Liverpool are doing the same things on repeat with very small changes. Right now, that will only bring more defeats.