{"id":674556,"date":"2026-01-05T03:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674556\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T03:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T03:00:14","slug":"arne-slot-will-be-forced-to-drop-one-of-liverpools-best-performing-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/674556\/","title":{"rendered":"Arne Slot will be FORCED to drop one of Liverpool’s best performing players"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool continued their unbeaten run with a 2-2 draw away at Fulham on Sunday afternoon. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s draw marked the Reds\u2019 ninth game in a row without facing defeat, a massive improvement on the club\u2019s form in October and November.<\/p>\n

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Although Arne Slot<\/a>\u2019s side avoided defeat, the performance was once again lacklustre and there was plenty of room for improvement.<\/p>\n

Despite the overall team performance being disappointing, there were a number of bright spots.<\/p>\n

Two of the best players on the pitch were Conor Bradley<\/a> and Jeremie Frimpong<\/a>, leaving Slot with a potential selection headache over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Arne Slot facing difficult right-back decision<\/p>\n

Bradley played the full duration of Sunday\u2019s draw, bagging an assist as well as showing how solid he can be defensively.<\/p>\n

Frimpong came off the bench to replace Florian Wirtz, operating on the right-hand side of Liverpool\u2019s attack, and also created a goal.<\/p>\n

Injuries to both players have made it hard to judge who is Slot\u2019s first choice for the right-back position, although Bradley seems to be edging it at the moment.<\/p>\n

Frimpong has played a supporting role over recent weeks after returning from injury, mostly deployed in an advanced role in the absence of Mohamed Salah, but that doesn’t feel like the long-term plan for the Dutchman.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Once Salah returns to Anfield, Frimpong best chance of starting will be over Bradley and an interesting battle for a spot in Slot\u2019s XI could bloom.<\/p>\n

An injury crisis at Liverpool has left Slot without options in many positions across the pitch, so having a wealth of choice at right-back will no doubt delight the boss.<\/p>\n

Joe Gomez<\/a> has also been deployed as a full-back several times this season, and it wouldn\u2019t be a complete shock to see the Englishman deployed there again in games in which Liverpool are seeking a stronger, more solid back line.<\/p>\n

Slot has a hard decision on his hands, but he will hope that a battle for the starting spot will push both Bradley and Frimpong to new heights and that the pair\u2019s good performances continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool continued their unbeaten run with a 2-2 draw away at Fulham on Sunday afternoon. Sunday\u2019s draw marked…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":601304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,1044,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-674556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc-news","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115840262707811196","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=674556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}