"I'm sure if you're one of them players they've signed, you're sat on the bench and you've seen them not running -- I get he's a club legend and everything he's done on the club - but if you're on the bench then what message does that send if you see one of your teammates not running back and he's starting every game?"
"If I was Arne Slot, I'd try and make a big decision just so it has an impact on the rest of the team. When you're not winning games, you want to stay compact and hard to beat. While I think they're going through this period, 100% he [Slot] needs to make a decision and get them compact, get them hard to beat and every player running back and then when they start winning games you can bring him back in and hope that he is running back more. I think that will have an impact on the team for sure."
Liverpool lost 3-0 at home to Nottingham Forest and now sit 11th in the Premier League, 11 points behind Arsenal. Mohamed Salah failed to score or assist in the defeat, which was Liverpool's sixth loss in seven league matches. Including the prior defeat to Manchester City, Liverpool have conceded six unanswered goals across the last two league games. Wayne Rooney called on Arne Slot to drop Salah to force improved defensive work-rate, restore compactness and send a message to new signings. Rooney also criticised several senior players, not just Virgil van Dijk and Salah, urging the team to become harder to beat.
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