Everyone has turned on Arne Slot, except for the decision-makers at Liverpool who are sticking by their stumblebum manager.<\/p>\n
Liverpool<\/strong><\/a> capitulated for the 4,398th time this season on Friday night, which is some going given they\u2019ve only played 56 games.<\/p>\n The Reds travelled to Villa Park to face a side who had one eye on a European final next week. Only one team played like they\u2019d rather be elsewhere.<\/p>\n Liverpool\u2019s 17th defeat of the campaign across all competitions may prove a costly one. There\u2019s still work to be done to secure Champions League football, with both Bournemouth and Brighton still in with a shout of snatching fifth spot.<\/p>\n Not for the first time this season, Liverpool\u2019s away support voted with their feet when sections left early.<\/p>\n Slot<\/strong><\/a> is despised by large chunks of the online fanbase, and the match-going supporters aren\u2019t far behind.<\/p>\n What\u2019s more, the reporters who cover Liverpool on a day-to-day basis have seen enough too.<\/p>\n Liverpool reporters savage Arne Slot<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIf Liverpool qualify for the Champions League next season, they are the luckiest team in the division,\u201d wrote the Telegraph\u2019s Dominic King<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cTwo teams heading in completely different directions here, the emptying of the away end, the die-hards, said it all. The pressure is reaching intolerable levels.\u201d<\/p>\n The Athletic\u2019s James Pearce<\/a> stated:\u00a0\u201cAnother dismal Liverpool performance leaves their hopes of Champions League football in the balance. So much wrong.<\/p>\n \u201cSo weak defensively, no control in midfield and only Ngumoha providing attacking threat. A real mess. Calls for change will grow louder.\u201d<\/p>\n The Daily Mail\u2019s Merseyside correspondent, Lewis Steele, and reporter David Lynch also stuck the boot in, and deservedly so<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Yet despite Liverpool being on an almost vertical decline under Slot, those in power at Anfield are content to stick their heads in the sand and pretend everything is fine.<\/p>\n Liverpool won\u2019t sack Arne Slot<\/strong><\/p>\n Slot himself all but confirmed he\u2019ll still be Liverpool\u2019s manager next season prior to the latest 90 minutes of pain at Villa Park.<\/p>\n \u201cI have every reason to believe that I am the Liverpool manager next season,\u201d he declared.<\/p>\n \u201cFirst of all, I am contracted to this club, and second of all from all the talks we are having.\u201d<\/p>\n The Dutchman then dropped a crystal clear hint he\u2019s staying when noting he\u2019s already been heavily involved in Liverpool\u2019s planning for the summer window and next season.<\/p>\n He continued: \u201cPlans have been made and talks have been ongoing between the club and new players, and I am involved in that, if that is what you want to know.\u201d<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong>
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