It had to have been planned.
I don’t know what the motive was, but Slot must have known the kind of reception Trent would get at Anfield.
What seals it for me is the post-match comment.
One of the cringiest, most blatant PR, damage-control lines I’ve ever heard as an LFC fan:
"The good thing about living in Europe is that everyone can have their view and express it how they want."
He delivered it verbatim—in the Sky post-match interview, the BBC interview and the post-match presser. I bet there's more.
And it’s obvious the entire team got the same memo, because Robbo repeated the same sanitized nonsense, just with his own spin.
Honestly? I couldn’t care less if Trent got booed. But I do wish just one player had the guts to speak their mind. If Trent’s your mate and you didn’t like the crowd’s reaction, say it!
"Trent didn’t deserve that."
Not this calculated, agnostic, toe-the-line corporate drivel.