Liverpool boss Arne Slot issued a thinly-veiled dig at certainly one of his defenders after his group’s successful run got here crashing to a halt at Selhurst Park on Saturday.
Eddie Nketiah’s added-time winner introduced the Reds again right down to earth after 5 straight wins and ensured Crystal Palace are actually the one unbeaten group within the Premier League.
Discussing how Palace managed to breach the Liverpool defence late on, Slot stated ‘certainly one of our gamers’ left his defensive submit to be in place for a counter-attack as Liverpool seemed to construct on Federico Chiesa’s 87th-minute equaliser.
‘We will solely blame ourselves. Defending the way in which we did,’ a clearly pissed off Slot stated afterwards. ‘One in every of our gamers determined to expire as a result of he wished to play a counter-attack, which was of no use as a result of time was up.’
He didn’t title the participant, however the Dutchman’s phrases gave the impression to be aimed toward Jeremie Frimpong who stepped up away from Nketiah, anticipating the ball to fall his means whereas leaving the striker free.
‘It was solely about defending. Possibly we have been too offensively minded. One participant was too offensively minded in that second, which led to them scoring the winner and us shedding the sport.’
Arne Slot stated the Liverpool star’s actions have been ‘of no use’ after they conceded late at Palace
Slot didn’t title the Liverpool participant but it surely appears he was referring to Jeremie Frimpong
Slot added: ‘There was just one group that deserved to win and that was Palace. That they had greater than solely two set-piece objectives.
‘They did not rating extra, however that they had probabilities from open play, from transition. So there have been extra issues to not like than solely defending the set-pieces.
‘The great factor was that within the different moments, Alisson saved us. Palace have just a few threats. Set-pieces are certainly one of them, however counter-attack and balls in behind are quantity two and three. From all these conditions, they’ve created plenty of probabilities. We have been capable of create rather a lot towards a Palace group, which rarely concedes an opportunity.
‘However if you take a look at the primary half, they completely deserved to win. Within the second half, it was a a lot better efficiency from us.’
