Arne Slot wants Liverpool to play like PSG, but in reality, they resemble... Postecoglou’s Tottenham

The longer Liverpool’s slump continues, the more fans ask: has Arne Slot’s Liverpool changed too much, too rapidly?

This season, Liverpool’s "heavy metal football" resembles a Spinal Tap parody rather than the powerful AC/DC-style rock once embodied by Jürgen Klopp. The Merseyside side is trapped in chaotic, sometimes amusing matches—and a fourth straight loss only intensifies worries at Anfield.

From PSG ambitions to the reality of Postecoglou’s Tottenham

At the season’s start, Arne Slot aimed to shape a Liverpool full of energy and elegance like European champions Paris Saint-Germain. However, his team currently resembles Ange Postecoglou’s Tottenham early last season: exciting in attack, eager to progress, but defensively fragile and dangerously risk-addicted.

Former manager Roy Evans described such games as "suicide football"—a style thrilling for spectators but unsustainable for championship success. No top club can excuse scoring many goals while conceding even more.

Liverpool now appears as unbalanced as a drunken acrobat. For neutral fans, their matches are highly entertaining; for opponents like Arsenal or Man City, it’s a gift—watching the defending champions repeatedly undermine themselves, turning their title defense into a perilous quest.