Seeing that Al Ettifaq has only got 3 points in the last five matches, is it possible that management will fire Steven Gerrard? because this is not a good statistic for a team that also spends quite a lot of money in the transfer market, even though it's not as big as those issued by Al Hilal, Al Nassr and several other teams, but consistently getting unsatisfactory results is certainly not a good thing for the team.
Al Ettifaq can lose to any team, including teams that are considered weaker than them, and most recently they lost to Al Taawon, Al Taawon was not a weak team because this team had competed at the top of the standings but slowly experienced bad results which made them have to slowly drop in ranking, but when Al Ettifaq can't make of a home match as a way to earn point, of course, that's quite bad.
Losing 0-2 to Al Taawon shows how bad the performance of their strikers is because in five matches they were only able to score 1 goal, in this match, they only had one chance, in contrast to Al Taawon who managed to maximize two of their four good opportunities into goals.
If Steven Gerrard is fired, of course, this will be the second time in his career as a coach.
Ah, I missed this match, and I just found out that Al Ettifaq lost to Al Taawoun with a score of 0-2. in fact, Steven Gerrard will have difficulty competing in this competition, especially to get into the top four of the standings. in fact, they only bought Jordan Henderson at a fairly expensive price. even then, it is far from the transfer value of the clubs acquired by PIF. in fact, Moussa Dembelle was brought in as a free agent, but he was only able to score 7 goals in his 10 matches. as for other foreign players, their performance is not so stable. but if I refer to their performance, they didn't play badly. Maybe because Moussa Dembelle just started playing again, whether it's because he was injured I don't really know. in fact, in the match against Al Taawoun he underperformed. in the last 6 matches played by Al Ettifaq, it seems that Steven Gerrard has tried to experiment by making several rotations. the result did not match his expectations. 4 draws, two losses. so, this team needs new ammunition that has quite a lot of potential. especially, local players whose games are really not that reliable. so, it's natural that Steven Gerrard is not able to display the game or system he wants. after all, Al Ettifaq is not filled with star players, and the only one is Jordan Henderson. even then, he plays as a midfielder. and the question is, will the coach be fired. I don't think it's time yet, considering that the depth of Al Ettifaq's players needs more than that. but we'll see, it could be that the club management replaces this legendary Liverpool coach. next week, Steven Gerrard's squad will play a tough match visiting Al Nassr's headquarters. Let's see if Gerrard can put up a fight against Al Nassr, let's wait and see.