Liverpool chief Arne Slot said that people would “produce stories” because of the defeat of 3-2 in Fulham his party, but since September she had taken a defensive mistake in the first loss of Premier League.
Three Fulham goals in the first half of the first half of minutes proved too heavy to climb to men with toys who saw that 26-game unsurpassed league run ended in West London because of their own defensive mistakes.
They briefly led in Craven Cottage before Curtis Jones’ mistakes, Andrew Robertson and Virgil van Dijk, or their role in Fulham’s fast turn before the break.
For the first time since he defeated Merseyside Derby for the first time since their defeat Merseyside Derby for the first time since his defeat in April last year, and despite the intelligent Luis Diaz, they could not force the equalizer since the end.
The slot pointed to the defensive consistency of Liverpool – only granted 27 goals in 30 games before this defeat – when he asked whether pressure or satisfaction had affected his party, and denied that the result and performance was more than a bad day.
“There is always much attention in Liverpool,” he said Sky Sports. “It doesn’t start now, it was the whole season.
“Of course, people want to make stories, but for me it’s all about playing Fulham. They’re a good team, and if you make three mistakes, it will be very difficult to win the game against them.
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Premier League the most important match between Fulham and Liverpool
“We generally do not make many of these mistakes, let alone three in one game. Today we also (ibrahima) Konate also lost the ball.
“The second half was much better than the first, but it’s hard to win a football game at this level if you admit three such goals.
“You felt we were creating a lot of chances, we had several, but unfortunately we lacked us to achieve the third goal. We have to do three goals with us, because the score three in the game is very difficult against a good team like Fulham.”
SLOT OBJECTIVE OBJECTIONS TO MAN CITY: We worked hard for this position
The slot compared Liverpool with the party of Man City, who won four consecutive Premier League titles by suggesting that his team had to work harder to get into a position in which they find themselves, with a 11-point lead at the top of the table, the remaining seven games.
“There is no reason to be satisfied,” he said. “We are not the first because we win every game compared to three or four goals.
“I think anyone who has seen our games requires us so much effort, so hard work to win football games, of course in combination with quality.
“But the team that won the league in the last four seasons (Man City) was already at half-time 3-0 almost every game they played.
“And that’s not the case for us. So we are fully aware of the fact that we have to compete for seven other games.
“We saw it on Wednesday against Everton. It was a close call. Today it was close to calls. We were on the right side many times. Today we were on the wrong side, mainly because of the mistakes we made.”
“There will always be times when van dijk suffers”
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Virgil van Dijk was exceeded by Rodrigo Muniz in accumulation of third Fulham
Van Dijk had another difficult afternoon in Craven Cottage after Beto fought on Wednesday evening when Everton came forward with a series of chances in Everton’s 1-0 defeat in Anfield.
Normally reliable Dutchman was largely caused by Fulhan’s third goal, incorrectly assessed the high ball and allowed Rodrigo Muniz to have a clear run before the home.
“I mainly believe other players,” the slot said as he asked about the form of his captain. “Van Dijk is not the first player to be difficult to defend against the beto. And the one who played here today has to give him a credit.
“I still see a lot of things that Virgil is doing really well, but if you play 50-60 games in the season, there will be moments, even for him where you could do better.”
