Andy Hunter was at Anfield. Here’s his match report. Thanks for reading this MBM.
Slot: 'It makes sense that people are disappointed'
Arne Slot speaks to TNT. “We started off really well … scored a goal … got a big chance from a set-piece where we were close to scoring the 2-0 … then in quite a large phase of the game we struggled to control their 6s … unfortunately, like last week, we conceded a set piece and that makes it really hard in a top game to win a game of football if you have a negative balance in set pieces … it was such a sloppy goal … second half … I saw a completely different intensity in terms of pressing … hit the post, hit the bar … but not enough to win.”
… then on his unpopular decision to take off Rio Ngumoha ... “There were a lot that didn’t agree with the change which I completely understand … but it does make sense … we had problems with his muscles … when I asked him he said ‘hmm, no, not sure if I can continue’ … I knew this would be the reaction because he is such a popular figure … often in football, people don’t know everything … I’m the manager and I need to make decisions … sometimes people are happy with them and sometimes they [are not] … today clearly they weren’t … knowing why makes it more sense for everyone.”
… and finally the loud booing at the end. “That probably has to do with us not winning … from the last five games we won three, lost last week and today a draw … yeah that’s not what we want … we want more … we want to win all five … but last week we had a negative balance in our set piece … today again … and we were very close through Virgil to scoring one ourselves … so it completely makes sense that people are disappointed if we don’t win because we want to win … it should be like this if Liverpool doesn’t win, no-one can ever be happy about it.”
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