Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has admitted that the 3-2 Premier League defeat to Brentford ranks among the most disappointing performances of his tenure at the club.
“Yes, I think it’s up there in my time here in terms of losing a game of football because normally when we are 2-1, 3-1 or 1-0 down… by the way, after we went 1-0 down, that was the only 20 or 25 minutes I really liked from our game today.
“Unfortunately, we had a great moment with Florian that didn’t lead to a goal because you need to then have a little bit of luck and those moments can bring you back into the game and can give us the energy.
“But, after 30 minutes, I think they took the game again with long throw-ins, set-pieces and other moments where they were just really good. Again, please don’t focus on what I’ve just said because they did many things well.
“Then, I think it is a crucial moment when just before they scored the 2-0, there was a moment where Cody dribbled inside the box and they didn’t play the ball. I think if you would show both situations – the penalty we conceded and that moment – to every referee in the world, they would tell you maybe both were nothing but if I had to give one of the two then I definitely would give the one to Cody.
“The bad luck for us was that I don’t think the referee was intending to give a penalty for that but he thought he’d give them a free-kick, then the VAR said it was inside so then if you think it’s a free-kick then it’s a penalty. That bad luck maybe comes if you play a game of football like we did,” Slot has said.