Liverpool ´not as aggressive´ during Chelsea defeat, Slot concedes

Arne Slot conceded Liverpool were “not arsenic aggressive” successful the last third, but felt determination was nary “drop-off” successful their show during Sunday’s decision to Chelsea.

The recently crowned champions suffered lone their 3rd league nonaccomplishment of the play aft going down 3-1 astatine Stamford Bridge.

Liverpool are lone the 4th squad to suffer their archetypal league crippled aft they were crowned Premier League champions aft Arsenal successful 1997-98 (against Liverpool), Chelsea successful 2005-06 (against Blackburn Rovers) and the Reds themselves successful 2019-20 (against Manchester City).

Slot’s broadside enjoyed 64.6% of possession, but could lone registry 2 shots connected people crossed the 90 minutes, and the Dutchman acknowledged that deficiency of a cutting borderline was crucial.

“For galore things, I didn’t spot a drop-off,” helium told BBC Match of the Day. “Today, we could spot wherefore we person won this league.

“We brought the shot retired from the backmost truly well. We came backmost aft being 2-0 down, and we didn’t springiness up. But arsenic I person said before, margins are small. At immoderate moments, a fewer percent were not there.

“They were a changeless menace connected the counter-attack, but they person a precise bully team; well-organised and truthful galore large individuals.

“Yes, we slipped doubly with the goals we conceded, but the magnitude of times we could play done Chelsea was overmuch much than fractional a play ago.

“In the last third, we were not arsenic aggressive, and we missed a fewer percent to people the goal.”

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Virgil van Dijk gave Liverpool anticipation with his 13th headed extremity from a country successful the Premier League; a tally lone bettered by John Terry (19) and Dion Dublin (14).

However, it yet proved academic, and the Reds skipper was near frustrated helium and his team-mates were incapable to underline their presumption arsenic the recently crowned champions.

“I deliberation possession was rather good, but erstwhile we didn’t person the ball, the pressing wasn’t great, and they could find betwixt the lines,” helium said.

“To concede that aboriginal is not great, but if we commencement to play the mode we privation to play, past we tin make chances. There were chances for america to score. In the end, they deserved the win. That’s the disappointing happening arsenic we came present to win.

“Obviously, we tried, but it wasn’t great. We knew it was going to beryllium pugnacious astatine times. We could person done amended successful the mode we defended arsenic a team.

“Even erstwhile the occupation is done, we came present to effort to get a bully result. It has to hurt. I’m decidedly disappointed.”