Slot added that it became even more difficult to win after the referee allowed a goal despite a head injury to one of his players.
By Kehinde Okeowo
Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, has attributed his team’s Premier League defeat to Manchester United to the “low block” and “long ball” approaches employed by the visitors
He made this known on Sunday while speaking to Match of the Day following his team’s 2-1 defeat to the Red Devils at Anfield.
United took an early lead through Bryan Mbeumo, and although Cody Gakpo equalised in the second half, the visitors found the winner through Harry Maguire.
The result leaves Liverpool four points behind leaders Arsenal after eight Premier League fixtures.
While analysing the encounter, Slot admitted it was difficult to break down United’s tactics, specifically the “low block and long balls.”
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He added that it became even more difficult to win after the referee allowed a goal despite a head injury to one of his players.
The Dutch tactician, however, noted that his team created enough chances to win the encounter.
Slot said, “It is always difficult to play against a team that defends in a low block and mainly plays the long ball.”
He added, “It makes it even more difficult when you go one down after one minute when one of our players is on the floor.
“If you would have told me before the game that against the low block, against so many long balls, that we would have created as many chances as we did, I would not have expected us to lose.
“But that is what we did. We had enough chances to score more than one goal, but on the other hand again conceding two, and one of the two was from a set piece.”
