If Slot stays, 'safety football' must not

Liverpool boss Arne Slot needs to stop his side from playing "safety football", says podcaster Peter Warburton.

The 'LFC Poets' host believes the Dutchman can get the Reds back to playing a "better brand of football", with reports from Sky Sports suggesting Slot's post is safe next season as he closes in on a top-five league finish to secure Champions League qualification.

"If we do get Champions League, yes I think it will probably save his bacon to be honest," Warburton told BBC Radio Merseyside. "As the season's gone on, I've become more disgruntled and some of the games we go to the football has been poor.

"You can look at a number of things like the injury list we've had from day one of the season; some of the injuries the lads have got haven't been minor, they've been broken legs and Achilles and season-ending injuries which has disrupted the play. But there seems to be this slow build-up.

"I was worried at 70 minutes in the derby [against Everton] because that's normally when we hit the wall and start conceding but to be fair, they did stand up to it.

"So yes, I think if we do get Champions League, he'll stay. I just want to see a better brand of football and if that's under Slot then that's great because in his first season that's what it was like. When we won the league with a month to spare it was fantastic to watch, and suddenly we've sort of regressed into this 'safety football' I suppose you'd call it.

"I want to see us more on the front foot."

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