Liverpool in Crisis: Is Mohamed Salah or Arne Slot Behind the Chaos at Anfield?

Liverpool Football Club is having one of its worst seasons since it won the English Premier League title last season. The team’s form dropped through the floor, and it has been a spiral of instability and loss of identity in all competitions. This has prompted one immediately burning question: just who is to blame for the disaster – Mohamed Salah, or Arne Slot?

A rough beginning... and an early exit.

Liverpool kicked off their campaign with a shootout defeat to Crystal Palace in the Community Shield (3-2) following and end-to-end 2-2 draw, early on showing that this was a Liverpool misplaced without focus.

Ondanks de pogingen van de Nederlandse coach Arne Slot om het elftal na het kampioenschap en een aantal positieve resultaten weer in balans te krijgen, ontstond er alweer snel onrust bij The Reds. I am talking about the game against Manchester United and then the drubbings by Brentford, Crystal Palace, Man City, Nottingham and Eindhoven.

I saw a fragmented team from the goalkeeper to the offense and there was no tactical order or collective spirit.

Therein lies Salah, caught between the setbacks and criticism.

Egyptian ace Mohamed Salah had a slow start to the campaign after his outstanding numbers in the past season where he was responsible for 57 goals (34 scored and 23 assists) that saw him come only one place shy of winning Ballon d'Or.

When it comes to this season, he appeared in 18 games and contributed with only five goals and three assists, something that is partially blamed for the Reds’ negative form not just in Premier League, but also in UCL.

A few believe that he is at fault for not being himself, while the others claim a level of mismanagement that led to his function and duties on the pitch.

Salute… Under the Microscope

A majority of the Liverpool fans, however blames coach Klopp for this technical debacle. Until now, the Dutch coach has failed to understand his players and put his own stamp on the tactics.

Slot played 20 games as winning and losing 10 matches each, scoring 30 out of the potential 60 points, which indicated how slot was not stable through the tournament.

500 million deals … and nothing to show for it

Liverpool brought in eight players last summer with a total cost of almost 500 million euros but they did not have the desired impact.

Isaac – The most expensive acquisition of the club (145 millions): He played 10 games, scored one goal and served an assist.

Wirtz (€125 million): 16 games, 3 assists.

Hugo Ekitike: Minutes played 18, Goals scored 6 and Assists provided 1.

Kirkiz (LB): 18 games, A goal and defensively frail.

JEREMY FRIMPONG: Injuries held him back, but he played only 9 games, with one goal and no assists to show for it.

However, despite all of that money spent, the new signings didn’t meet the club demands – or indeed the needs of the team.

The tale of the technical collapse at Liverpool is laid bare by these very official figures – so far in this season:

He scored 34 goals.

He conceded 37 goals.

As for last season, after 20 matches:

He scored 36 goals.

And he allowed just 10 goals.

That gaping defense tells us that the crisis is not simply offensive but goes to the very heart of the entire system.

The crisis at Liverpool is not about one player or one manager; it’s a collective failure of strategy, recruitment and on-pitch performance.

The Egypt international is certainly far from the only one to point fingers at… and Slot can hardly be absolved of blame, either – but there is no doubt that the Reds require a complete overhaul if they are not going to fall further adrift in the race.