Liverpool manager Arne Slot has defended his players, insisting they are far from being complacent, following their 3-2 defeat at Fulham on Sunday, which was a show of errors.
The league leaders took an early lead through Alexis Mac Allister’s goal – but Fulham reaped from their opponent’s defensive mishaps to score thrice in 14 minutes to take a healthy lead despite Luis Diaz’s late goal setting up a grandstand finish.
Slot admitted the errors were a major pointer for the defeat but firmly rebuffed any talk of his side being nonchalant due to their 11-point lead at the top.
“I think there’s no reason for us to be complacent … we’re not number one at the moment because we win every game with a margin of three or four goals,” he said.
“I think everyone that has seen our games, it takes us so much effort, so much hard work, to win games of football, combined with quality of course.
“The team that won the league the last four seasons [Manchester City] were already 3-0 up at half-time every single game almost they played and that’s not the way it is for us.
“I don’t think the errors we’ve made have anything to do with the players being tired.”I know how it works, it’s everywhere the same in football: if you concede three goals in the first half, everybody’s like, ‘wow, that was a disaster’.
“Now, if you look back at it, knowing that you concede three, you will probably see a few good moments as well.”
