Liverpool’s First-Half Vs Southampton Was Very Poor – Arne Slot

Liverpool manager, Arne Slot has come out to say that he used his half-time substitutes to spur a 3-1 comeback against struggling Southampton. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, it was a very poor first half from Liverpool players, so he had to take off three underperforming Reds stars to create some momentum in the second half.

Slot added that even if he knows it is impossible to play high intensity football for 38 games, he hopes the first-half was a warning sign for his players.

His words, “We had to be patient for a goal. It was a very poor performance first half. We were not in the game at all.

In the end, I had to make some hard decisions at half time to create some anger. The three that came in did really well but I could see from the other eight that they were different.

I am fully aware you cannot play high intensity for 38 games. Sometimes you have to find another way to win. Hopefully the first half was a warning sign. The good thing is we probably didn’t run that much [before facing Paris St-Germain on Tuesday].”

WOW.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.

Domestically, the club has won 19 league titles, eight FA Cups, a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the club has won six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups—all English records—and one FIFA Club World Cup.

The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s, when Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups. Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th league title in 2020, the club’s first during the Premier League era.

Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park. Situated 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool city centre, it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding. Left with an empty ground, Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since. The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20,000, although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool’s first match at Anfield.