LONDON — Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has admitted his group’s 3-2 defeat to Brentford is likely one of the most disappointing outcomes of his tenure.
The champions suffered their fourth consecutive league defeat on the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium and have now dropped to sixth within the Premier League desk. It’s the membership’s worst run of home type since February 2021, with Liverpool already having misplaced as many video games this time period as they did within the entirety of final season.
“I feel it is up there in my time right here by way of dropping a recreation of soccer,” Slot stated when requested whether or not the result’s one among his most disappointing as Liverpool boss. “After half-hour, I feel [Brentford] took the sport once more with lengthy throw-is and set items and different moments the place they had been simply actually good.”
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Liverpool are simply the fourth defending champions to lose 4 straight video games and it equals the membership’s longest run of defeats within the Premier League period. After beforehand being crushed by Crystal Palace, Chelsea and Manchester United, Slot stated that Saturday’s loss was the worst of the quartet.
“You can’t evaluate all of them, what’s probably the most regarding factor is you lose 4 instances in a row,” he added to TNT Sports activities. “So it is at all times concerning the end result. Afterwards you may decide the efficiency, which as we speak, for my part, is the worst from all of the 4 losses we have had.
“I feel we did not do the fundamentals proper, particularly the primary half and through components of the second half as properly. I feel they received extra duels than us, they received extra second balls than us.”
Brentford led 2-0 after objectives from Dango Ouattara and Kevin Schade. Milos Kerkez then received Liverpool again into the sport in first-half stoppage time.
Igor Thiago’s penalty within the second half put Brentford again in management till Mohamed Salah lashed an excellent shot into the highest nook within the 89th. With 11 minutes of added time, the Merseyside membership ramped up the strain seeking an equaliser, however could not discover a approach via.
Defeat means Liverpool might now finish the weekend seven factors behind leaders Arsenal.
Whereas disenchanted along with his facet’s efficiency, Slot was additionally sad with two key refereeing selections.
Brentford’s second purpose arrived simply moments after Cody Gakpo had a fairly robust case for a penalty turned down following a problem from Nathan Collins.
The house facet had been then awarded a controversial penalty within the second half when VAR adjudged Virgil van Dijk to have fouled Ouattara contained in the field, with Thiago changing the spot-kick.
“Simply earlier than they scored to make it 2-0, there was a second the place Cody dribbled contained in the field they usually did not play the ball,” Slot stated. “I feel in case you would present each conditions — the penalty we conceded and that second — and also you confirmed this to each referee on the planet, he would let you know perhaps each or nothing.
“But when I’ve to provide one of many two, I positively would give the one to Cody. However yeah, dangerous luck for us.
“Was that the referee? I do not suppose he was intending to provide a penalty for that, however he thought: ‘Oh, let’s give him a free kick.’ However then the VAR says it is inside. So then in case you suppose it is a free kick then it is a penalty in order that dangerous luck perhaps comes in case you play a recreation like soccer like we did as we speak.”
Info from PA and The Related Press was used on this report.