Liverpool still lack an identity and Arne Slott needs to fix that

If Arne Slott didn’t realize it already, he should realize very quickly that the Anfield crowd demands energy and a certain intensity from his side.

Often at home this season, Liverpool Lacks a spark – something that can feed off a crowd – and kills the opposition when they lead.

When they first went forward Chelsea Having lost their last six Premier League games, Slott’s side should have used the match as a moment to dominate and secure a crucial win.

Instead, they allowed Callum McFarlane’s out-of-form side back into the game.

“The adjustments we made at half-time helped us to be the more dominant team in the second half. We were close twice,” claimed Slott.

“So it’s not fair for me to say that I ever ask my players to sit back and not press. If it looks like that, it was never intended,” he added.

Enzo Fernandez equalized Chelsea means Liverpool They have now dropped nine points from a Premier League home game winning position this season, their most at Anfield since 2015-16, when Jurgen Klopp replaced Brendan Rodgers as manager.

“Our identity intensity” was the phrase Pep Legenders had when he was LiverpoolAssistant manager under Klopp.

Slott’s brief was to always do his own thing and never be like Klopp but this season his team has no identity and no intensity.

“I thought Liverpool Actually the start was pretty good, got the goal and then from there Chelsea It was a good team. they did Liverpool Big problem, especially Mark Cucurella running back,” said Wayne Rooney on Match of the Day.

“The crowd was obviously a bit edgy, which you rarely get Liverpool “It comes with the season the fans were hoping for, and not after spending a lot of money,” Rooney added.

Not for the first time this season, however, there were loud boos at full-time Liverpool did not lose the game Dissatisfaction online is one thing, but it’s becoming increasingly clear that match-going fans are getting frustrated too.

“It probably has something to do with us not winning,” Slott told TNT Sports. “It totally makes sense if people are disappointed Liverpool won’t win.”

Midfielder Ryan Gravenbirch added: “To be honest, we need them at the back. Well we didn’t win, but I don’t really think we deserved it (the reaction).

“The supporters have to get behind us for the whole 90 minutes because when they got behind us in the second half, we pressed really well. We need them. Hopefully they don’t do that again in the next two games.”

Asked in the post-match press conference how the boos felt, Slott struggled to find the right words in English, but said: “I’d like to show them (the supporters) something else but we’re not able to at the moment.

“We’ve become a more dominant team and we have more of the ball and I want to give more to be positive and happy about them and I’m 100% sure the team wants that too.”