BBCWed, November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM UTC·2 min readLiverpool boss Arne Slot, speaking to TNT Sports: "The emotions are very negative and disappointing. The way we conceded the 1-0. I want to be positive about the reaction of the players when we went 1-0 down. We came back into the game and had chances to go 2-1 up. I don't think anyone thought we would lose 4-1."
On Virgil Van Dijk's complaints: "He got a little push. It unbalanced him, and that's why he raised his arm and made the handball.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"After half-time, we conceded 2-1 quite early. We still had some good chances to go 2-2. 10 or 15 minutes before the end, we conceded another goal. Hard to take.
"After we conceded the first one, we saw a reaction I want to see. The mentality I saw afterwards was what I was hoping it to be. Even after 2-1, we kept trying to make it 2-1. End result is 4-1, and that's a big loss.
"I liked how we reacted in transition in the first half. It felt like Hugo [Ekitike] couldn't move like he could in the first half, and that's why he couldn't press as he did in the first half.
"The only way to go is to go through now. We need to face where we're in and fight really hard. The feeling I have is that after 45 minutes, you don't expect to be 1-1, you expect to be up. The reaction of the players is what you expect from a Liverpool player."
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Liverpool have lost nine of their last 12 games across all competitions, their most defeats over a 12-game spell since November 1953 to January 1954 (also 9).
Liverpool have lost three consecutive games in all competitions by a margin of three plus goals for the first time since December 1953.
Liverpool have lost four of their last six home games in all competitions (W2) – as many as their previous 69 beforehand.
