Published: 12:00, 20 October 2025 | Updated: 12:01, 20 October 2025

Low blocks and long balls. That was how Liverpool boss Arne Slot summed up Manchester United’s game plan on a famous night at Anfield for Ruben Amorim. Low blocks and long balls.

We’ve been here before, haven’t we, hearing a manager of a top team bleat on about the negative approach of an opponent they have coincidentally failed to vanquish - Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger spring to mind when faced with the likes of Sam Allardyce and a well-parked bus.

Slot’s predecessor Jurgen Klopp was frequently no stranger to it either and once described playing against United after a goalless draw in 2021 as ‘the worst thing you can face in the world’ playing against top players who only counter-attack.

So, hearing Slot continue the tradition is no surprise - and certainly not when he’s just lost a fourth game on the spin - but to reduce Amorim’s approach to simply sit back, stay and spray was more than a little unfair.

For Arne Slot reduce Ruben Amorim’s approach on Sunday...