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 Liverpool are giving themselves big issue with Arne Slot stance - this isn't good enough



Paul Gorst verdict from Villa Park as Liverpool are beaten 4-2 to increase the scrutiny on their head coach
The post-match airing of the Champions League anthem, to confirm Aston Villa's place next season, will have felt like insult to injury for a Liverpool side well beaten here.


These are halcyon days in this part of Birmingham. Confirmation of their participation in the revamped and hugely lucrative European Cup is now official, with a Europa League final to come next week, featuring a manager famed for his prowess in that particular fixture.
The lap of appreciation and the end-of-season party that followed outside Villa Park itself provided all the evidence needed of a club seriously on the up. They are all in it together round these parts. The same can't be said at Anfield just now.
For Liverpool - the team Villa leapfrogged into fourth with this 4-2 victory - only tough questions remain. And they will rage loudest for Arne Slot, who, despite insisting his job is safe on Thursday, must be wondering just how damaging this all was to those claims in his pre-match press conference.

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