ARNE SLOT poked fun at Jamie Carragher live on TV for his criticism of Liverpool and joked he finds it “hard to listen” to the pundit.
The Liverpool head coach was discussing his team’s 3-0 Champions League win over Marseille when quizzed on his tactical approach.
Carragher asked: “Arne, can I ask about the set-up tonight. The last few months you’ve tried to make the team get better and better, and you’ve played lots of different formations, can you explain how it looked tonight?”
Responding to the question live on CBS Sports at full-time, Slot quipped: “I find it hard to listen to you, Jamie, because you are the one who told me I have to make sure we didn’t concede that much.
“So I started to do that (change his formations on a regular basis) and people began to complain it became boring, so I’m not sure if I should listen to you.”
The Liverpool boss eventually explained his thought process, revealing: “Because of some injuries we have, because of the players we have available and because of the opponents’ style of play.
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“We thought it was a good idea to play with Mohamed Salah and Hugo Ekitike up front and to overload the midfield with players who are very good in-between the lines.
“I think you could see that today with full-backs who could attack down the side with Mac Allister and Ryan (Gravenberch) who could help out Joe (Gomez) and Virgil (Van Dijk) in the build-up.”
He jokingly added: “We score three and now, people like Jamie are positive about us. I don’t think you were positive after the Burnley game, were you, Jamie?“
Liverpool cruised to the 3-0 win over Marseille thanks to Dominik Szoboszlai, Cody Gakpo and an own-goal from Geronimo Rulli.
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Szoboszlai broke the deadlock on the brink of half-time before Rulli’s own-goal doubled the Merseyside team’s advantage.
Gakpo then sealed the win for Liverpool in added time.
The result saw the Reds take a big step towards automatic qualification for the Champions League knockouts.
They currently sit fourth in the table with 15 points from seven games.
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