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LIVERPOOL, England — Arne Slott said he “completely understands” people’s frustration. liverpool Fans who criticized the team after Saturday 1-1 draw with burnley In Premier League.
florian wertz Earlier, gave the lead to the host team in Anfield marcus edwards The score was leveled in the second half.
The result means Liverpool have now failed to beat any of the league’s three newly promoted sides at Anfield, with only one win in their last four league games. Although they remain fourth in the table, they are now just one point above fifth Manchester United.
Asked about the reaction of the Anfield crowd, Slott said, “Yeah, it wasn’t booing in my mind but there was disappointment in my mind as well.”
“So if we’re Liverpool and we play against Burnley, you’ve got to give us credit for defending, getting balls off the line, all the things you want to see if you’re the Burnley manager, doing everything possible to stop us scoring.
“But if you, as Liverpool, are not disappointed by the draw at home with Burnley, then there is something completely wrong. I completely understand the disappointment. I have the same disappointment, and the players certainly have the same disappointment, as do the fans.”
Saturday’s result was the third time Liverpool have dropped points from a winning position in the Premier League this season. This came despite the slot side registering 32 shots on target, including 11 on target, and having an expected goals (xG) total of 2.95 – their highest in the league this season.
Liverpool had 73% possession against a 19th-placed Burnley team with just 14 points from 22 games.
Slot said: “It’s not the first time, it’s usually disappointing. They come in different ways. Sometimes it happens that we’re scoring a goal in stoppage time and you expect to win the game and then you concede another goal in stoppage time.”
“I think we’ve played enough of these games [nine in 19 from September to November] – Where there are teams that create more than the teams we are facing – but then we were losing those games.
“Then we started to become a team that was a little more cautious in accepting opportunities, and that led to the fact that it made it even more difficult to create a lot.
“As a result, we’ve been in a lot of games where we haven’t lost, and I think today was a game where I was pleased to see that we had even more possession than we usually do, which created a lot of chances, and usually, if you take more risks, the other team turns on you, but we controlled it really well.”
Information from ESPN Research was used in this report.
