Jamie Carragher slams ’embarrassing’ Liverpool star’s antics in dreadful Aston Villa defeat
Jamie Carragher gave a brutal verdict on one among Liverpool’s flops throughout the wretched 4-2 defeat towards Aston Villa which has piled the stress again on Arne Slot
Jamie Carragher has slammed Alexis Mac Allister, branding the Liverpool midfielder’s conduct as “embarrassing”.
The former Reds defender was critical of the Argentine after an incident involving Ezri Konsa simply earlier than Aston Villa’s third aim. Mac Allister ended up on the bottom following an off-the-ball conflict with the England defender. The 27-year-old appeared to strike the center-back, prompting Konsa to reply by grabbing him by the shirt and lifting it in the direction of his face, earlier than Mac Allister collapsed to the bottom.
The incident was reviewed and cleared, with referee Chris Kavanagh opting to not take any motion towards the Villa defender. Play was halted whereas Mac Allister remained grounded, with head coach Arne Slot gesturing towards the areaurging the Liverpool midfielder to get again to his ft.
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Upon reviewing the replay, Carragher exclaimed: “Oh. Honest to God. Honest to God. He goes down every game Mac Allister with something round his ankle normally not like that.
“It’s embarrassing. Just rise up. Honestly. It can be embarrassing in the event that they despatched Konsa off for that.
“Mac Allister must know: we all look at the replays. We can all see what Konsa has done. He knows he can’t get away with it.”
The ensuing nook led to Liverpool falling two targets behind, because the preliminary shot from outdoors the field was saved by Giorgi Mamardashvili. The Georgian goalkeeper made one other save on the rebound, however Watkins was available to bundle the ball dwelling.
Things took a flip for the more serious for Liverpool in the dying minutes when John McGinn netted a surprising roller into the highest nook. This win for Unai Emery’s males secured their Champions League spot, whereas the Reds now face a must-win towards Brentford on the season’s remaining day, hoping that Bournemouth fail in the method.
Virgil van Dijk managed to chop the deficit together with his second aim of the sport, however it was a demoralizing night for Liverpool’s under-fire head coach.
Carragher weighed in, saying: “Far too many weak, physically, mentally, players, he’s the man that is going to be asked to fix it Arne Slot. This result does nothing for the feeling of supporters about his position now.”
