{"id":386547,"date":"2026-01-23T18:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/386547\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:34:10","slug":"arne-slot-responds-to-steven-gerrards-low-block-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/386547\/","title":{"rendered":"Arne Slot Responds to Steven Gerrard’s ‘Low Block’ Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arne Slot<\/a> has responded to Steven Gerrard<\/a>\u2018s advice to \u201cstop talking about low blocks\u201d by agreeing with the former Liverpool captain and joking about a return.<\/p>\n

Gerrard voiced the feelings of many Liverpool supporters on Wednesday night when he said<\/a>: \u201cHe needs to stop talking about low blocks.\u201d<\/p>\n

It has become Slot\u2019s go-to phrase throughout this difficult campaign, but the legendary No. 8 explained on TNT Sports that \u201clow blocks have been happening against Liverpool ever since I played, and many years before me. That\u2019s just the way it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

The message was essentially: yes, it is an issue, but it has always been an issue and Liverpool simply need to find a solution.<\/p>\n

Asked about Gerrard\u2019s comments in an interview with Sky Sports<\/a>, Slot accepted the 45-year-old\u2019s criticism and jokingly called for him to rejoin as \u201ca 30-yard strike could definitely unlock a low block!\u201d<\/p>\n

Arne Slot jokes: Maybe Steven Gerrard should re-sign for Liverpool!<\/p>\n

\"LIVERPOOL,<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Steven Gerrard<\/a> has always been very positive, and still is very positive, about Liverpool Football Club. He cares so much about it,\u201d the head coach said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I think I can only agree with him that I speak a lot of low blocks, because we face a lot of low blocks.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cHe needs to stop talking about low blocks.
\u201cLow blocks have been happening against Liverpool ever since I played, and many years before me. That\u2019s just the way it is.\u201c<\/p>\n

\"Steven<\/p>\n

\u201cIf people ask me after the game what my opinion about the game is, then I have to describe a low block. But I can also say time-wasting football or different words for it as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteven also said he faced them when he played \u2013 I think he was also one of the players who could unlock the low block, because of the quality that he had.<\/p>\n

\"CARDIFF,<\/p>\n

\u201cI spoke one day before the game that if I want to have a top goalscorer that is still playing, I have to look at Mo Salah<\/a>, because Ian Rush<\/a> is not available anymore.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe I can try to convince Steven to come back to help us out in those games, because a 30-yard strike could definitely unlock a low block as well!<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I agree with him. A lot is being said about it and maybe I should try to find other words or just simply not talk about it anymore, because it makes no sense, people know now.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe go on \u2013 and maybe we don\u2019t face it anymore, that\u2019s also a possibility, because I think Bournemouth<\/a> has always been a very intense team to play against.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arne Slot has responded to Steven Gerrard\u2018s advice to \u201cstop talking about low blocks\u201d by agreeing with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1969,218,101,25969,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-386547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-arne-slot","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-steven-gerrard","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}