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Arne Slot will find it incredibly difficult to win the Liverpool fanbase back after hearing boos at Anfield following Sunday’s draw with Tottenham.
That’s the view of Jamie Carragher, who has warned Slot that he must now do something ‘really special’ in order to wrestle back support which is quickly fading.
Speaking to Sky Sports ahead of Monday night’s Premier League match, Carragher suggested that the writing is now on the wall for the Liverpool head coach.
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Slot has been coming under pressure for a long time at Liverpool following a dreadful campaign, but according to Carragher, up until Sunday, most of the Anfield crowd were still willing to back him. That has now changed.
“I think there’s a difference with most support in terms of what we see online compared to the match-going fans, and I think for a lot of this season when people have turned on Arne Slot, the match-going fans have stuck with him,” said the Liverpool legend.
“You think even on the back of what happened with Mo Salah, the next game was in the San Siro, they were chanting for Arne Slot.
“It’s not easy for a Liverpool crowd to turn on a manager who’s won a title 12 months before.”
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“But I felt there was a big shift yesterday in terms of how the Liverpool crowd felt about their team and their manager. The booing at the end, that was proper booing, that was a really unhappy and disgruntled fanbase, and I think it’s going to be really difficult now for Arne Slot to get them back.
“Something really special could happen in terms of a Champions League, maybe you win the FA Cup and qualify for the Champions League, but I think a lot of supporters have gone on the back of what’s happened in this last week especially.”
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Sunday was arguably not the lowest point of Liverpool’s miserable season, that likely came in November, when the Reds lost back-to-back home games by a three goal margin to Nottingham Forest and PSV Eindhoven.
Liverpool were willing to stick by Slot then, and there was still a chance that he could recover and keep his job at Anfield in the long-term.
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However, though things have improved to a degree, there has simply been far too many days like the draw against Tottenham.
The football on offer has been slow, turgid and uninspiring, and that is perhaps what has angered the home crowd more than anything else.
As Carragher says, something special could still happen in terms of Liverpool winning a trophy, but it does not feel especially likely.
Even if that were to happen, it would possibly be best for everyone if Slot used the opportunity to go out on a high rather than use it as a launchpad for a comeback. There is a feeling that everyone is just trying to limp to the end of the season before making a change, and that does not bode well for the atmosphere at Anfield.
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