Liverpool head coach Arne Slot during the Premier League match at West Ham United on November 30 2025 (Image: Rob Newell - CameraSport via Getty Images)
There's always a Bill Shankly quote. And to paraphrase the Liverpool managerial great, football is a simple game that can on occasion become far more complicated than is necessary.
Most head coaches are guilty of such over-elaboration. So when matters go awry, a return to the fundamentals very often becomes both the default setting and the foundation to rebuild confidence and belief.
Such was the case for Arne Slot at the London Stadium on Sunday afternoon when, after back-to-back dire home defeats to Nottingham Forest and PSV Eindhoven sent Liverpool tumbling to their worst run in 72 years, the Reds boss began a week that could h

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