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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot says there was lots his workforce may have performed higher after shedding to Plymouth within the FA Cup.
A second-half penalty was the distinction within the recreation, however the Reds struggled to create possibilities at 0-0.
After per week of highs having made the Carabao Cup last once more, Slot swallowed his humble pie with no complaints.
He stated: “I feel they’re in a position to do higher. Nevertheless it’s a system and a enjoying type [from Plymouth] which is kind of laborious to create possibilities towards
“That’s what we noticed right now. I wasn’t shocked as a result of within the lead as much as this recreation, we noticed a lot of lengthy balls, second balls, and if we had the ball, they have been actually aggressive. That was anticipated.
“It’s not all the time simple to create your possibilities when the workforce has not performed with one another so many instances. We anticipated them to play a greater recreation than this, however we’ve to offer credit score to Plymouth as nicely.
🗣️ “Nice recreation from Plymouth, they deserve all of the credit score for his or her efficiency right now.”
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“I feel it hurts everybody. That features Liverpool followers, me, the gamers. We have been all eager to be on this competitors for so long as potential. In case you exit within the first potential recreation, that’s a tragic method.
“At present, they stored on combating till the final second. Perhaps the one possibilities we created have been within the final 5, 10, quarter-hour. It wasn’t a work-rate drawback, they labored actually laborious, however they couldn’t discover openings and so they couldn’t discover possibilities.
“We simply need to preserve doing the work-rate the identical. We have now to be a bit extra inventive within the coming video games.”
