Liverpool head coach Arne Slot says there was quite a bit his workforce may have carried out higher after shedding to Plymouth within the FA Cup.
A second-half penalty was the distinction within the recreation, however the Reds struggled to create possibilities at 0-0.
After every week of highs having made the Carabao Cup remaining once more, Slot swallowed his humble pie with no complaints.
He stated: “I feel they’re capable of do higher. However it’s a system and a enjoying fashion [from Plymouth] which is kind of onerous to create possibilities in opposition to
“That’s what we noticed right this moment. I wasn’t stunned as a result of within the lead as much as this recreation, we noticed numerous lengthy balls, second balls, and if we had the ball, they have been actually aggressive. That was anticipated.
“It’s not at all times simple to create your possibilities when the workforce has not performed with one another so many occasions. We anticipated them to play a greater recreation than this, however we now have to offer credit score to Plymouth as effectively.
🗣️ “Nice recreation from Plymouth, they deserve all of the credit score for his or her efficiency right this moment.”
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“I feel it hurts everybody. That features Liverpool followers, me, the gamers. We have been all desirous to be on this competitors for so long as potential. If you happen to exit within the first potential recreation, that’s a tragic method.
“At this time, they stored on preventing till the final second. Perhaps the one possibilities we created have been within the final 5, 10, quarter-hour. It wasn’t a work-rate drawback, they labored actually onerous, however they couldn’t discover openings they usually couldn’t discover possibilities.
“We simply need to preserve doing the work-rate the identical. We now have to be a bit extra artistic within the coming video games.”
