Arne Slot: Liverpool boss cites wind, fixture congestion and accidents…

Arne Slot: Liverpool boss cites wind, fixture congestion and accidents…

Liverpool boss Arne Slot says his team only have themselves responsible for the 3-2 defeat at Bournemouth despite citing the wind, fixture congestion and accidents after the game.

Amine Adli bundled dwelling a last-gasp winner with nearly the last kick to end Liverpool’s 13-game unbeaten run with a seventh defeat of the Premier League campaign.

Liverpool stay fourth after the defeat – 14 factors adrift of leaders Arsenal – and may slip out of the Champions League locations when Manchester United and Chelsea play on Sunday.

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Highlights from the Premier League conflict between Bournemouth and Liverpool

The loss arrived three days after the Reds beat Marseille 3-0 away from dwelling in the Champions League and despite Slot saying “the only ones to blame are ourselves” during his post-match press convention, the Reds boss was fast to criticise the brief turnaround between fixtures, resulting in his gamers “running out of energy” on Saturday.

“Maybe that sums up our season. Every time something else, it’s every time something special, how we concede but we concede. The only ones to blame are ourselves,” he said.

Slot added: “I believe it’s protected to say they may’ve scored the 3-2 slightly bit earlier. A few gamers of ours ran out of power, and I can’t criticise them for that.

“Two days in the past, we needed to play an away game in Europe. We are the only team that performed Champions League that has two days in between.

“After an away game, another away game against one of the most intense teams.”

Why Slot and Van Dijk blamed wind for loss

Aside from fixtures piling up on his injury-laden squad, Slot also referenced the wind in the aftermath of the defeat, together with captain Virgil van Dijk.

Van Dijk had a day to neglect after failing to clear the ball for Bournemouth’s first aim from Evanilson, playing Alejandro Jimenez onside for the second and then tripping over team-mate Curtis Jones amongst the chaos for Adli’s late winner.

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Amine Adil snatched the most dramatic win for Bournemouth over Liverpool.

Speaking to Sky Sports, Van Dijk said: “The first goal I think it was a difficult ball to judge in the circumstances. The wind was tricky.

“I take full accountability even though it was a troublesome ball to evaluate.”

On the late winner, Van Dijk added: “What I felt on that pitch was that I used to be clearly blocked. The referee and the VAR do not give it.

“We will have to accept it. I can stand here and say it should not be given but it was. It is what it is.”

Jamie Redknapp talking on Sky Sports:

“He was blocked off, he was fouled however it was by his personal participant. Curtis Jones.

“As he goes to win it, Jones, he trips over him. Then it all becomes about Adli. He’s brilliant. He is the only one alive to the situation.”

Slot was also requested about Van Dijk’s error for the opener, the place he defended his participant and agreed that the wind performed a task.

He said: “It is not completely fair to Virgil to blame him for the first goal. You can see throughout the game how much impact the wind had.

“He wasn’t the only one who struggled with the wind.”

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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk complains afrer Bournemouth’s late winner

Outnumbered or outclassed?

The mountain created for Liverpool to climb after the first aim stretched additional than just the scoreline.

While making an attempt to stop the opener, Joe Gomez picked up an injury, which Slot has since confirmed as a knock from “bone-to-bone contact” with Alisson Becker.

With Gomez injured, Liverpool had been pressured to play with 10 males for 9 minutes and selected to not kick the ball out to make a substitution, resulting in Bournemouth scoring their second.

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Jamie Redknapp criticised the time Liverpool took to exchange Joe Gomez as Bournemouth doubled their lead while the defender was injured, labelling it as ‘amateurish’

Virgil van Dijk chatting with Sky Sports:

“We decided to keep the ball as we had possession and unfortunately for us we conceded. Losing never feels good, especially as a Liverpool player.”

“The second goal was when we were down to 10. After the first goal, Joe Gomez had to go off. He wanted to try, he thought he could, but then he couldn’t,” said Slot.

“I tried to scream towards them to put the ball out but we were quite comfortable. When we lost it, it was the opposite. But even if you are down 10, the way we conceded that goal was not specifically because we were down to 10.

“It is just a winger that is stunning our fullback in a scenario we may have completed better.”

Arne Slot on Joe Gomez’s injury:

“Joe got a knock from Ali [Alisson]. It was bone on bone and he had some swelling on his knee. I don’t know if Joe is going to train in two or three days, it was clear he could not go on.”

Another game, another injury for Liverpool

Gomez will now be a part of a rising record of gamers sidelined for Slot, with Conor Bradley, Federico Chiesa, Alexander Isak, Ibrahima Konate, Giovanni Leoni and Stefan Bajcetic all lacking the fixture.

Slot’s preliminary comments recommend he didn’t need to make excuses however the Liverpool boss then explained that injury issues plaguing his squad clarify why they have not been capable of replicate the successes across all competitions like last season.

Slot continued: “I have to credit my players. You go 2-0 down but we showed the mentality and the fitness to come back against one of the fittest teams in the league – and they only have to play once a week.

“That just isn’t an excuse; a club like Liverpool is used to playing 3 times every week. But we mainly do this with the same gamers.

“Last season, we did not have three long-term injuries. As you can see by the line-up, I decided to not play Hugo [Ekitike]. That is not because I don’t like him,” Slot said.

“That is because I have one No 9 available for the upcoming weeks and months. With so many matches to play, you have to manage his minutes.”

So, they only have themselves responsible – plus the wind, fixture congestion and accidents.

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