Arne Slot shows desperation with VAR comments after Man Utd defeat

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Slot was left furious by Crystal Palace’s goal the previous week, which was scored while Liverpool goalkeeper Freddie Woodman lay on the ground.Slot also feels his side’s honest approach has counted against it at times this season, a point he stressed after Hugo Ekitike did not go down against Leeds United when fouled in the box and subsequently did not earn a penalty.READ MORE: Dominik Szoboszlai honest after Man Utd defeat with message to FSG over summer windowREAD MORE: Jamie Carragher declares Liverpool 'weak and soft' after Arne Slot impactSunday’s game also contained a controversial VAR moment, as the ball appeared to flick off Benjamin Sesko’s hand just before he scored United’s second goal, although the touch was minimal and replays were not entirely conclusive. Slot felt that was symptomatic of the Reds’ season.“If it was a touch, which I think it is, because if you know a bit about a ball sport, you know that if a ball has a certain curve and the curve changes, there must have been contact – but it’s always light,” the Liverpool head coach said, when asked about the incident.“Then we should have a debate in football, is that then enough to disallow a goal?

But I think the rule is if there was a touch it should have been disallowed.Sesko's goal appeared to brush his hand before it crossed the line“But I don’t think it’s a surprise to anyone this season that if there is a VAR intervention, or if there is something that you could look at or could be left, could be right, then that decision goes against us. That has been our whole season.”Despite Slot’s complaints, he acknowledged that United was the better side at Old Trafford and that his players’ inability to defend properly had cost them on Sunday.Slot feels Liverpool has been on the wrong end of too many VAR decisions(Image: (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images))“The second goal we did not concede because of the handball, we conceded it because we lost the ball in a stupid position and we lost a few big moments afterwards in duels," he continued.“We have to first look at ourselves, let that be completely clear and obvious.

But decisions have gone every single game against us, that’s also completely clear and obvious because when we played United in the first game of the season I had one of my players with five stitches on the floor and the referee didn’t stop the game and we conceded,” Slot added, in reference to Mac Allister’s injury in the reverse fixture.“This is a complete pattern over the whole season, but there’s also a pattern that we concede ridiculous goals when we are the better team and one or two [are] switching off and then we concede a goal.“That we have more influence on, so I should focus much more on that than on these referee decisions that go against us. But it’s clear that the whole season is the same.”