Arne Slot vs Manchester City: Manager fumes over ‘wrong decision’ as Van Dijk calls it a ‘big blow’
Arne Slot, the head coach of Liverpool, didn’t hold back after his side’s 3-0 loss to Manchester City, openly questioning the officials for what he described as a “wrong decision” that changed the flow of the game.
The Dutch coach looked visibly frustrated during his post-match interview, hinting that certain calls went completely against his team at crucial moments.
Honestly, you can’t really blame him, the refereeing in that match left plenty to talk about. Slot’s anger also shows just how much pressure he’s under to turn things around.
Liverpool weren’t terrible, but moments like that can break the momentum, and it’s clear he’s running out of patience with decisions that keep going against his side.
Erling Haaland, Nico Gonzalez, and Jeremy Doku scored as Man City easily defeated the Reds on Sunday at the Etihad. The Reds had a miserable afternoon.
Liverpool gave themselves too much to accomplish in the first half of their match against Man City, but they were marginally better after halftime.
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Virgil van Dijk’s header from a corner was their lone positive moment prior to halftime, but it was disallowed for offside as Andy Robertson was judged to have blocked Gianluigi Donnarumma’s eye-line.
Even though Donnarumma had a perfect view of the ball when Van Dijk made touch with it, the goal was still disallowed, according to the replays.
After the game, Slot criticised this choice, saying it was “obvious” that the “wrong decision was made.”
“In my perspective, it’s evident that the wrong choice was chosen. Slot stated on Sky Sports, “Because Robertson didn’t interfere at all with what the custodian could do.”
“Someone showed me John Stones’ last-minute winner that the same referee had allowed City against Wolves the previous season right after the game.”
Therefore, it took the linesman 13 seconds to signal that it was offside by raising his flag.
Thus, communication was evident. Given how bad we were in the first half, that might have had a good impact on the game for us.
“We would have been fortunate to be behind 1-0 at the half, let alone 1-1 or 2-1.” Because you can’t predict how the second half would have played out, it has been a significant choice, but that doesn’t mean we would have had a result over here.
Van Dijk, on the other hand, chose to concentrate on Liverpool’s performance, calling the 3-0 defeat a “big blow.”
“In football, we have to cope with the important judgements made by the officials on the pitch.
From my perspective, there is no purpose in talking about this. In actuality, we lost 3-0, which is a severe setback, Van Dijk stated.
“It doesn’t matter what I say about the goal since everything I say will be reported by the media, and my remarks regarding the choice will be the focus of the entire international break.
I only concentrate on the fact that we were defeated. Whether it should have stood or not is up for discussion.
They were much more at ease with the ball in the first half, making it challenging for our lads to put pressure on them.
Although Doku had a strong game and Conor Bradley occasionally found the one-on-one challenging, I don’t think there was much danger. We could have done better, but I don’t think we were in any jeopardy.
“In the second half, we had to put more energy. Although we gained more possession momentum, our pressuring was insufficient. It’s about maintaining consistency.
We now travel to our home countries, maintain our fitness, and prepare for a major marathon. We have no intention of giving up. We are prepared for a long season and a fierce battle as we approach November.
