Glen Johnson has urged Liverpool to stick by Arne Slot - insisting the head coach did enough in his debut campaign to earn himself a clean slate next season at Anfield.

Slot won the club's 20th league title in his first full year on Merseyside but has found his second much more difficult following a high turnover in his squad that saw the Reds spend around £440m last summer while recouping roughly half.

Ten Premier League defeats so far tis season is the most for a decade and Liverpool were humiliated at Manchester City last weekend as they lost 4-0 to exit the FA Cup at the quarter-final stage.

Speaking before the 2-0 Champions League quarter-final first-leg defeat at Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night, former Reds right-back Johnson argued Slot deserved to keep his job despite the current struggles.

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