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Never miss a kick-off!Signup +Join the clubGet full access to premium articles, exclusive features and a growing list of member rewards.Explore An account already exists for this email address, please log in.Subscribe to our newsletterThe date is March 5, 2025, and Liverpool have just won at PSGs stadium in the first leg of their Champions League Round of 16 tie.This 1-0 victory at the Parc Des Princes was secured for Liverpool by an 87th-minute Harvey Elliot winner, but the matchs underlying statistics told a far different Champions League story.Eventual tournament winners, PSG, took a mighty 27 shots to Liverpools two, forcing heroics from Alisson, who left France with nine saves, 2.26 goals prevented and a Man of the Match award. You may like Arne Slot's Liverpool exit edges closer with another defeat: how much patience can the Reds show the Dutchman? Arne Slots bizarre quotes reveal the Liverpool manager has given up 'This is not going to be a popular opinion' Liverpool boss Arne Slot makes huge Premier League title admission Arne Slot's long Liverpool goodbye may begin and end with the same Champions League fixtureFast forward just over a year later, and the days of Arne Slots Premier League-winning Liverpool side feel like an age ago.Now fifth in the Premier League table, out of the Carabao Cup following a 3-0 home defeat to Crystal Palace and even more brutally dismantled in their 4-0 FA Cup exit to Manchester City last weekend, Liverpools only remaining hope of silverware is the Champions League. But to do it, theyll have to see off the same side that arguably sparked the beginning of the end for Arne Slots Liverpool career last season.Get VIP Liverpool tickets HERE with Seat Unique!Seat Unique tickets at Anfield offer a fantastic matchday. You get premium padded seats in the new Anfield Road stand (Block AM5, front rows) and access to the Brodies Lounge for three hours pre-match. Enjoy street food, a complimentary half-time drink, a matchday programme, and entertainment, including a Liverpool legend appearance, making it a truly elevated experience.View DealThe long goodbye has been in effect for the Dutchman since that Round of 16 second leg, where PSG scraped a 1-0 win, then defeated Liverpool on penalties. After a stuttering end to their Premier League-winning season, Slot is on the verge of leading the club to its most defeats in a single season this century - 16 at present, with 19 the record set by their 2004-05 and 2009-10 sides. The latter cohort actually won the Champions League. Painfully, if you were to survey Liverpool fans across the globe, Im confident theyd say those 16 losses still somehow undersell the frustration the Dutchman has put them through this season.Get FourFourTwo NewsletterThe best features, fun and footballing quizzes, straight to your inbox every week.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsorsBy submitting your information you agree to the Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy and are aged 16 or over.It was easy to dismiss last seasons Carabao Cup final loss to Newcastle and the exit to PSG in the Champions League as a Liverpool team firmly placing its focus on securing the clubs first-ever Premier League title win in front of fans. But last weekends FA Cup defeat to Manchester City, who have now beaten Slots men three times this season by an aggregate score of 9-1, will go down as one of his lowest moments, brutalised in the only competition they had a reasonable chance of succeeding in.That wasnt priority management; it was calamitous. Arne Slot hasnt just lost his players, with the likes of Mohamed Salah and Alexis Mac Allister taking shots at the Dutchman this season, hes lost a lot of fans too.Xabi Alonsos name - one of FourFourTwo's likely picks to succeed Slot in the event of his departure - was sung by the travelling Liverpool support as they left in mass following the fourth and final goal in their defeat to Pep Guardiolas men - a once legendary rivalry, now Citys favourite team to play. What to read next Liverpool owners affirm decision on Arne Slot's future, as Xabi Alonso links ramp up: report Shock Liverpool legend emerges as interim option to replace Arne Slot: report Liverpool man brands himself responsible after humiliating Galatasaray loss As their loss total continues to rise, it appears more and more likely that the supreme talent of Mohamed Salah won Liverpool the league last season, not Arne Slot. To see an Anfield great announce his departure merely seven months into a two-year contract extension will surely raise the question: How much of Liverpools winning culture, the self-proclaimed mentality monsters that formed under Jurgen Klopp, has been beaten down and eroded by the Dutchmans leadership?In a season where Arne Slot and the Liverpool hierarchy have been accused of throwing players under the bus, the Reds manager didnt do much to dispel the allegations after his comments towards Liverpool goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili yesterday.In a pre-PSG press conference, the Dutchman said to reporters: You need a good goalkeeper, but for 35 minutes at the Etihad, we didnt need one. I was hoping hed save a few.If his tactics werent enough to warrant the sack, his equally questionable man management should have Liverpool owners FSG worried.If the Dutchman is allowed to stay, it will make the task to reinstate the culture that Klopp bred an even more mighty one. A loss against PSG could finally see the end of his reign.According to Paul Joyce, Northern football correspondent and Liverpool expert for The Times, a win against PSG could signal an attitude problem as the root cause of the team's woes - potentially perpetuated by the manager in charge of handling said attitudes.How ironic that the very fixture that began Arne Slots long goodbye could give it a swift, brutal end this evening. And how stark that Liverpool fans may even be excited for it.TOPICSMohamed SalahLiverpoolChampions LeaguePremier LeagueFA CupKedar BayleySocial Links NavigationFreelance WriterKedar Bayley is a trained journalist specialising in culture reporting. As a fan of Liverpool FC,he writes on the Reds often. Knowledgable about all things sports, cinema and television,you can find his words in Screen International, FourFourTwo, Manchester Evening News and more.
