Steven Gerrard believes Arne Slot deserves more time to fix the issues at Liverpool - but warned the club's supporters will be difficult to win back.
Slot and his players are under huge pressure in the race for the Champions League spots. Liverpool are currently fifth, one point above sixth-placed Chelsea and three ahead of Brentford in seventh.
Less than a year after winning the Premier League the Dutch head coach is under the microscope as a result of the club's inconsistent displays domestically. There are many within the club's fanbase who are also having doubts about the title-winning boss.
Nevertheless, in Gerrard's mind, Slot deserves the benefit of the doubt to turn things around, but warned him the Liverpool faithful will want to see improvements quickly.
Speaking on the Overlap, when asked if Slot still has credit in the bank, Gerrard replied: "He has with me because I know more than anyone on the planet how difficult it is to win a league, and for him to come in and win a league, in his first season, he’s got a lot more credit with me.
"Jamie will tell you, Liverpool will demand, they expect to win it every year. I think he needs the opportunity to play his way out of trouble and fix the issues and try and get himself back in a good place.
"I think he did during that period a few months ago where they’d lost nine out of 12 and then they went on a run where he took them from 12th to fourth in the league. I think someone who has won a league deserves at least a full season to try and get out of the problems and issues that they’ve got, I’m certainly one of them.
"But, I have to understand what the fans are saying as well, because it has been dire on certain games and performances.”
After backing Slot to steer the ship around, Gerrard then added: "I really like the manager. I think he’s really honest. I hear really good things of him as a coach, and his style, and his tactics, and his details.
"I hear really, really good things. I’ve never watched him close, and I think he’s really honest in the media. Maybe sometimes too honest.
"But, as a Liverpool fan, and someone who has been an ex-player and knows a little bit on the inside than what most normal punters would know, these Liverpool fans, once it gets to this stage, it’s very difficult to get them back around.
"From my own personal experiences and what I have seen, it’s very difficult to get them back around.”
The Reds' first match after the international break will be a FA Cup quarter-final clash against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium, which will then be followed by the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final tie against Paris Saint-Germain.
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