Arne Slot responds to criticism of ponderous Liverpool attack with clear 'not fair' verdict

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Enzo Fernandez's goal leveled before half-time and Liverpool couldn't really create many chances across the course of the 90 minutes.Slot was missing Florian Wirtz through illness and Alexander Isak was only fit enough to come off the bench in the second half. A few times, Giorgi Mamardashvili caught the ball but had no runners in front to throw it to."Yeah, I said after we scored the 1-0 and then we got a big chance for the 2-0... didn't you see me screaming off the sideline? 'Go back, go back, defend your own box, defend your own box,'" Slot said."Are you really thinking this is serious?

Of course it's not the idea for us to back off. We wanted to keep going but we played against a team that got more and more comfortable on the ball.Liverpool head coach Arne Slot.(Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)"They didn't have any wingers available, so they had a lot of midfielders, so they controlled the midfield and started to play and [were] passing through us more and more and more, which didn't lead to a lot of chances but they were by far the dominant team in the game."It was difficult to change that during the first half but I think you might have noticed as well, apart from other things you've noticed, that at half-time we changed things."That didn't lead to straight away what we wanted because three minutes afterward we conceded a 2-1, which was good for us [because it] was fractionally offside.

But then afterward, we were much more able to press them high to keep them in their half."[It was] not perfect because they were still a few times able to play through us, but not as much as in the first half.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."That was the adjustment we made at half-time, which helped us being the more dominant team in the second half but not able to score.