by South Coast Royal »
07 Dec 2025 10:50
It is very much part of the modern game for managers to worry about the next game.
Last night with Liverpool cruising Slot decided to make changes, probably because of having played earlier in the week and a European game next Tuesday.
Unfortunately it backfired.
Gomez for Bradley was understandable with Bradley on a yellow.
Most of us would have brought on Salah so that Leeds would then have a fresh striker to worry about and at that stage with Liverpool very much on top they could go looking for goals to put the game to bed rather than try to defend a lead.
Slot is far from being alone amongst managers in taking this approach and , as discovered last night, defending a lead ,with not the strongest of defences, doesn't always work.
I do feel a bit for Konate because he looks cumbersome but for most of every game he is strong in the air and is a good passer but there is always that one mistake in him and nearly every time it proves costly as it did last night.
2 points thrown away but at least some of the attacking moves were what we have come to expect compared to the pedestrian stuff against Sunderland.