Steven Gerrard delivers reality check to Arne Slot after Marseille

Steven Gerrard has urged Arne Slot to stop focusing on Liverpool’s struggles against low blocks and instead accept it as a long-standing reality of managing this club.

The Reds’ 3-0 Champions League win away at Marseille eased pressure on our head coach, but his post-match comments about consistency reopened a familiar debate.

Slot again pointed to deep-defending opponents as the primary reason why Liverpool have not produced that level of performance every week.

That framing did not sit comfortably with Gerrard.