Liverpool Didn’t Plan To Lose Vs PSG And Newcastle United – Arne Slot

Liverpool manager, Arne Slot has come out to blast the idea that Newcastle United players were hungrier in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.

According to him, even if he agrees that Eddie Howe’s side were deserved winners in the final, he does not think there was more hunger from them on the pitch, and they only won because they were more threatening in front of goal.

Slot added that it was a disappointing performance and result for the Reds, and he wishes there was no international break.

His words, “It’s 70 years since they’ve last won a trophy maybe, but that’s for the fans. The players only have 15 years to play football, and they want to win every single trophy they are competing for. That’s also what we want.

It was a game that went the way [Newcastle] wanted it to go and they got some extra energy with the goal just before half time, which they probably deserved after the first 45 minutes because they were threatening us more than we were threatening them. I don’t think there was more hunger from them.

Disappointing result. Disappointing performance. Completely different from how I felt after the PSG game. Losing twice in a row is something I think we’ve done for the first time, but that probably also comes with going into the latter stages of a tournament.

PSG and Newcastle are two very good teams, both in their own styles. We already knew from the game at St James’ Park how difficult it is to beat [Newcastle]. It was a tough week, but it was also a week when we extended our lead to 12 points so it wasn’t all negative. But the last two were definitely not what we wanted.

I would have loved to play next week, but now the situation is that they go to their national teams where they have to play two more games again. Then it is a week before we face Everton, who are again a team we have already faced, and we know how difficult that one was.”

WOW.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.

Domestically, the club has won 19 league titles, eight FA Cups, a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the club has won six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups—all English records—and one FIFA Club World Cup.

The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s, when Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups. Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th league title in 2020, the club’s first during the Premier League era.

Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park. Situated 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool city centre, it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding. Left with an empty ground, Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since. The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20,000, although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool’s first match at Anfield.