Al Ettifaq manager Steven Gerrard is under added pressure after his side’s latest defeat, which has left fans feeling even more unhappy.
In the last game on Sunday, Al Ettifaq lost at home to Al Qadsiah 0-2, making the team now winless in 6 consecutive league games, ufabet https://ufabet999.app dropping to 11th place in the table after 9 games with only 11 points, 14 points behind the leader Al Hilal.
After the defeat in the latest game, the already frustrated fans showed their dissatisfaction by booing Gerrard during the thank-you walk after the game again.
It has also been reported that he often arranges his training schedule to allow himself to watch Liverpool games. Which fans have added to the team’s poor performances.
Following Al-Ettifaq’s latest setback, Gerrard remained resolute, praising the victors and revealing details about why ex-Celtic star Moussa Dembele wasn’t on the pitch. “I congratulate Al Jabalain,” he remarked. “The team was excellent and deserved to qualify. The Al Jabalain team was the best in everything on the field. Our team did not show up. This was not the proper performance for the match.
“Al-Ettifaq did not show up today as we wanted. Al-Jabalain had the passion and deserved to qualify. The plan was for Dembele to start, but he wasn’t fully fit for this match. Because of the pressure of the matches, I tried to rest some names, but the other team actually deserved it. Everyone was fully fit.”