Crisis Slot: Liverpool Suffers Defeat Against Chelsea and Concern for Konaté

Liverpool manager Arne Slot expressed his belief that “small details” were decisive in the 2-1 defeat to Chelsea, although he acknowledged the need to improve his team’s decision-making.Estêvão scored the winning goal for Chelsea in the 95th minute at Stamford Bridge, following previous goals by Moisés Caicedo and Cody Gakpo.This defeat marks the first time in Slot’s management that Liverpool has lost three consecutive matches, following defeats against Crystal Palace and Galatasaray.

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Slot commented that Stamford Bridge is always a difficult ground and that the team was close to achieving a positive result. He highlighted the importance of small details, mentioning similar situations in previous matches.

“After scoring 1-1, the game tilted in our favor and I expected us to score the second. The decision-making could have been better, the last 10-15 minutes were back and forth. We got to their area with Robertson, we couldn’t control the ball, but again, it’s small margins as it has been since I’ve been here”.

Arne Slot

The coach emphasized that, as in the previous week, the small details have not favored the team in away games.

Arne Slot is having the worst time as Liverpool’s coach after a late defeat to Chelsea.After conceding a goal in the 97th minute against Palace, Liverpool becomes the fifth team in Premier League history to lose multiple matches due to goals scored in the 90th minute or later within a span of seven days.Liverpool, which drops to second place in the Premier League table, is also nervously awaiting the evolution of the injury of defender Ibrahima Konaté, who was substituted in the second half.Slot commented on Konaté’s injury: “I don’t know if it’s a serious injury, but what I do know is that he was limping a bit and when I asked him he said he felt his quadriceps a little.”The coach added that he already had Konaté’s substitution in mind, due to the need to create play from the right center-back position.