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Arne Slot had to digest just a second Premier League defeat of the season

Arne Slot is refusing to go overboard after Liverpool lost just their second Premier League game of the season.

The Reds were beaten at Fulham, who scored all three of their goals in a 14-minute first-half period.

Liverpool are still looking good for the title with the gap at the top 11 points from Arsenal in second, but the loss at Craven Cottage comes after defeats in the Champions League to PSG and in the Carabao Cup final, which derailed hopes of a treble.



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The defeat in west London was the first away reverse for the Reds this term and Slot admits that the manner of the goals were self inflicted, but maintained that a number of clubs struggle to deal with Fulham's threats despite the narrative around his side.

He told Sky Sports: "That was a difficult spell of 14 minutes [three goals conceded].

We had chances but in the end we lacked time."

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Alexis Mac Allister had opened the scoring for Liverpool and Luis Diaz scored with twenty minutes remaining to set up a grandstand finish, but the Reds couldn't find the equaliser they had been looking for.

Slot confessed that the errors in the first-half, made by the likes of Andy Robertson, were not "the standard".

In the end we lacked time to make up for the three mistakes we made in the first half."

Liverpool slipped to defeat at Fulham on Sunday(Image: Getty Images)

Arsenal had drawn at Everton 24 hours prior to Fulham's loss at Liverpool with the Reds getting the chance to atone for their loss with a game against West Ham.

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