Arne Slot addresses impact of Wolves defeat on Liverpool's Champions League hopes
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The Reds were toppled 2-1 by bottom-of-the-table Wolves on Tuesday evening when Andre's shot ricocheted off Joe Gomez in the fourth minute of stoppage time.Slot's team appeared to have salvaged a point when Mohamed Salah netted his first goal in 11 Premier League matches, five minutes after substitute Rodrigo Gomes had given the hosts a lead in the 78th minute.However, a fifth loss in injury time this season means Liverpool squandered the opportunity to move into an automatic Champions League qualification spot and gave a boost to close competitors Manchester United, Aston Villa and Chelsea.READ MORE: Steven Gerrard demands Arne Slot makes one change to Liverpool starting XIREAD MORE: Liverpool player ratings, winners and losers vs Wolves as Mohamed Salah scores but 3 really poor"My expectations haven't changed throughout the season because I expected more than we are fighting for now," stated Slot."It's another setback and we didn't help ourselves with this result, not at all. If you look at the run of play, I'm not saying we played great, but if we play this game in this fashion 10 times we don't lose 10 times."It's far from sure that we win every time, therefore we are not good enough.
If we don't have to rely on a deflected shot, we have to play better and do better. In the first half, I showed the players at half-time it was possible to play a bit faster from side to side then the few times we did in the first half the wingers at least had some time to take the full-back on."That happened better in the second half more and that's why we came closer.
We had more crosses, penetrated more in the box but then it's also about finishing off those moments and picking the right player in front of goal."When you are so slow or predictable are words I can understand he (Van Dijk) uses, but if you want to go faster you have to be able to dominate situations on the sides because something can then happen and we struggled to do that today."Get LFC's 2025/26 season home and away kitsThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Learn moreFrom $100LFC.comSee the dealLiverpool's home and away strips for the 2025/26 season are the first in their new partnership with adidas.Fans can order jerseys in the US at Fanatics.com or via the LFC Online Store in both the US and across the world.Slot declined to blame individuals for the winning goal, which occurred when Liverpool lost possession cheaply in midfield after defending a Wolves attack."We won the ball through Curtis Jones, who played it back to Ali who cleared it 30-35 yards away and their player took the ball, dribbled forward and scored the goal," he said."What did we do wrong in that situation?