Slot concerned by ‘reoccurring themes’ as Liverpool exit FA Cup | OneFootball

Arne Slot yet again lamented the fact that the same problems are plaguing Liverpool after exiting the FA Cup at the hands of Manchester City on Saturday.

Erling Haaland scored a brace right at the end of the first half before Antoine Semenyo put the hosts three up at Eastlands. Haaland went on to get his hat-trick to secure a 4-0 victory and a place in the semi-finals.

“Disappointment about the result, disappointment about going out and very disappointed about the 20 minutes where we conceded four goals,” Slot told BBC Sport after the final whistle.

“The way we defended in that period, you will never be able to win a game of football.”

Arne Slot rues ‘reoccurring themes’ as Liverpool exit FA Cup

Liverpool managed to keep City at bay for the opening 38 minutes while carving out some opportunities to score, including an excellent one for Mo Salah which he spurned by taking too long to find his feet. The winger missed a penalty later in the game as well.

Slot tried to take the positives from his side’s performance, but had to face the fact they continue to fail to put away their chances while conceding them too easily at the back.

“I liked a lot I saw today,” he said. “We did a lot very well on and off the ball, generated some good chances. We kept them away from any danger. Until that penalty moment there was a lot to like.

“The 20 minutes after, for what you can expect of a Liverpool team were far from good enough defensively.

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“There are many reoccurring themes. One is we miss our chances, one is in general we don’t concede much but the few chances we concede go in. That is maybe due to how much we put in. We have to improve the box defending and that was also shown today.”

Slot felt Liverpool were still in the game at 2-0 down, but admitted that a terrible 10-minute period after the break ended any hopes of a comeback.

“The 2-0 is a killer but you are still in the game if you can score a goal in the second half but that was our poorest of the game, the first 10 minutes of the second half when we conceded two goals. Those are things we need to improve.

“We were having the 10 worst minutes of the game. There is a worry they can score more, but that’s not what happened. We got chances including a penalty but we couldn’t convert one.”

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