{"id":24504,"date":"2025-10-05T04:54:36","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/i-had-to-take-him-off-arne-slot-on-why-he-decided-to-leave-liverpool-star-vs-chelsea\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T04:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T08:54:36","slug":"i-had-to-take-him-off-arne-slot-on-why-he-decided-to-leave-liverpool-star-vs-chelsea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/i-had-to-take-him-off-arne-slot-on-why-he-decided-to-leave-liverpool-star-vs-chelsea\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I had to take him off&#8221; &#8211; Arne Slot on why he decided to leave Liverpool star vs Chelsea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/i-had-to-take-him-off-arne-slot-on-why-he-decided-to-leave-liverpool-star-vs-chelsea\/#Arne_Slot_took_a_careful_approach_with_Konate\" >Arne Slot took a careful approach with Konate<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/i-had-to-take-him-off-arne-slot-on-why-he-decided-to-leave-liverpool-star-vs-chelsea\/#Liverpool_has_struggled_defensively_this_season\" >Liverpool has struggled defensively this season<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool&#8217;s injury concerns deepened after centre-back Ibrahima Konate was replaced during a 2-1 defeat at Chelsea.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The French defender&#8217;s early exit explains that players feel his &#8220;a bit of quad&#8221; and limps markedly, raising new questions about Liverpool&#8217;s defensive depth when the team is already thin in the central defense.<\/p>\n<p>Konate&#8217;s withdrawal came late in the loss of Girling Stamford Bridge, a game determined by the winner of the suspension time that exacerbated Liverpool&#8217;s narrow comeback.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arne_Slot_took_a_careful_approach_with_Konate\"><\/span>Arne Slot took a careful approach with Konate<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Slot revealed that he removed Konate because &#8220;all alarm bells go off&#8221; as the player stepped in after the sprint.<\/p>\n<p>The slot states, as reported by Liverpool Echo:<em> &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if it was a major injury or not, but all I know is that he stepped in a bit and when I asked him he said he felt a bit of his quad.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThen, for me, all the alarm bells go off because in another sprint, I don&#8217;t know if that will work or not.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt was also an alternative that I had in mind, maybe a few minutes or even a little later, the right centre-back had a lot of balls and had to be created from that position.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe all know that Ryan (Greygun Burch) is very good on that.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It might be okay that he went out early enough, but it was clear he had to take off him because he was limping.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liverpool_has_struggled_defensively_this_season\"><\/span>Liverpool has struggled defensively this season<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><picture><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/liverpool-v-everton-premier-league-414x276.jpg.webp 414w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/liverpool-v-everton-premier-league-630x420.jpg.webp 630w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/liverpool-v-everton-premier-league-768x512.jpg.webp 768w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/liverpool-v-everton-premier-league-770x514.jpg.webp 770w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/liverpool-v-everton-premier-league-900x600.jpg.webp 900w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/liverpool-v-everton-premier-league-1200x801.jpg.webp 1200w,https:\/\/icdn.caughtoffside.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/liverpool-v-everton-premier-league.jpg.webp 1451w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width:1230px) 770px, (min-width:1020px) 630px, (min-width:900px) 880px, (min-width:680px) 97vw, (min-width:414px) 414px, 100vw\"><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ibrahima Conate of Liverpool (Photo: Karl Resign\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fear timing is particularly troublesome. Liverpool had already missed out on key personnel. The club traveled to West London without first-choice goalkeeper Alison, but the centre-back group has been undermined by other absences.<\/p>\n<p>Slot tried to soften the response by noting that it was something he had already considered, in part for tactical reasons, but he also admitted that the visible limp made the decision more clear.<\/p>\n<p>A careful replacement for the slot may still prove wise if the issue is minor, but Liverpool&#8217;s depleted centre-back option means the club cannot afford long-term absences.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Gary Neville&#8217;s name was the Liverpool star who looked like a &#8220;baby&#8221; defeated against Chelsea <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool&#8217;s injury concerns deepened after centre-back Ibrahima Konate was replaced during a 2-1 defeat at Chelsea. 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