At home, Liverpool lost 1-2 to Man United in round 8 of the Premier League. This was Liverpool's 4th consecutive defeat in all competitions, thereby creating Arne Slot's worst streak of matches since leading the port city team.
When asked if this is the biggest challenge of his career, Arne Slot shared: I think as a coach, you have to constantly face the challenges. When I first started, you had to face the challenge of a new coach and then you needed to win the games. Then when you do well, you move to a bigger club and people are like, 'Let's see what he will do there'.
Then you became Jürgen Klopp's successor and people said this was the biggest challenge you had ever faced. Now we have lost four consecutive games and that is also a challenge. Therefore, the life of a football coach is a continuous challenge.
In the loss to Man United, Liverpool created many opportunities but missed them. Sharing about this, Arne Slot said: "Have we lost confidence? I haven't seen it yet, because in every loss, we create countless chances in the second half. If you look back at all three defeats in the Premier League, if you compare the highlights, you will find it difficult for them to lose this match.
So, if Liverpool continue to show what they are doing and improve a few points, there is every reason to expect us to win again. But I can't promise you that in the next match, we will create eight, nine or ten clear chances. I hope so, and with the players we have, we will score more goals."
Post-match statistics showed that Liverpool controlled the ball 63.5% of the time, launching 19 quarter-points, including 6 on target. Meanwhile, Man United only controlled the ball 36.5% of the time, with 12 shots, 4 of which were on target. In terms of efficiency, it is clear that Ruben Amorim's team is much more effective than Liverpool.
Meanwhile, coach Ruben Amorim emphasized that the result against Liverpool was his biggest victory since leading Man United. I think this is the biggest win of my time at Man United, he said. It has a great meaning today but tomorrow it will no longer have meaning. Three points were enough but it was a great win.
At important moments, we were lucky, but we fought to get every ball. We lost our cool in the second half. But the most important thing is that the team spirit is still there.
