San Marino ‘savage’ Liverpool with brutal social media put down after cup loss
Liverpool have lost six in their last seven games – but their ultimate embarrassment might have come after the full-time whistle following their defeat to Crystal Palace
Liverpool were “savaged” by a San Marino fan account after their Carabao Cup exit, with fans falling for the ruse.
Arne Slot’s Reds’ crisis continued as a second-string side were thrown to the wolves in a 3-0 defeat at home against Crystal Palace in the fourth-round on Wednesday evening, with the Reds reduced to 10 men late on after young defender Amara Nallo was sent off. And their woes would get worse after the full-time whistle.
Liverpool’s account shared the 3-0 score line on X, formerly known as Twitter, only to be put down by a San Marino account which replied: “Hello, please play against us.”
The European microstate are the lowest ranked international side on the planet – winning their first fixture in over 20 years against Liechtenstein in 2024, a feat they have since managed to repeat.
However, they are yet to win a game during the World Cup qualifiers and sit bottom of their group with seven losses and one goal scored.
“This is the final straw,” one fan fumed in response to the post. While a second said: “We won the league six months ago, now we have San Marino trolling us… Savage.”
“We’ve become a laughing stock,” a third posted. As a fourth replied: “We’ve spent half a billion on a title winning team and this is where we’re at in October!”
And another added: “This is what rock bottom looks like…”
Liverpool will now face Aston Villa at the weekend, and Slot was asked if there was any extra pressure on his team: “I don’t think it is possible if you lose six out of seven that there is even more pressure.
“If you are on a run of results like this, if you play for Liverpool, if you manage Liverpool, you know the pressure is there.
“I don’t think it has changed much after this loss, but if it did then maybe the most positive thing about tonight was the position we were in, 2-0 down and we weren’t really pushing for a goal because we weren’t able to, the fans were behind the team and supporting us.
“That gives me the feeling on Saturday when our players will show how much it means to them, our fans will be incredibly supportive for us on Saturday. Again, we face a team that has rested in the week to play us and that’s Villa.”
