Saturday 24/January/2026 – 10:56 PM
Dutch coach Arne Slot, the team’s head coach, spoke Liverpoolabout his team’s loss to its counterpart, Bournemouth, in the 2025-2026 English Premier League competition.
The Liverpool team, led by Arne Slott, lost to Bournemouth, in the 23rd round of the English Premier League, at the Vitality Stadium.
Arne Slott’s statements after the Liverpool-Bournemouth match
Arne Sloat said during the press conference statements at the end of the match: I was very disappointed. The last minute of the match was very difficult for us. As I said, we made a great effort in the second half to get back into the match, and I do not think it is completely fair to blame Virgil van Dijk for that goal. I think you could see throughout the match how much the wind affected the course of the match.
The Dutch coach continued: I can say that in the last ten minutes the match was more open, but I noticed that my players were tired because we only had two days between each match.
Regarding Gomez’s injury, the Dutch coach said: He received a blow from Alisson. It was a direct collision between the bones, and therefore he was unable to complete the match. I do not know if he will be able to train after a few days. Alisson had some swelling in his knee as well.
Slott revealed: I tried to shout to the players to get the ball out of play, even if we were playing with only ten players. I think the way we received that goal was not for that reason.
He stressed: Football is cruel if you lose in extra time after coming back from two goals down in the first half. I think there were only 5 to 10 minutes in the first half in which we did not fully control the match. We played well, and we played through them several times, but we conceded two goals and were reduced to ten players, and this did not help. It is clear that some of our players were exhausted. I cannot criticize them for that because we played an away match in Europe two days ago, and we are the only team that had this happen to them. That.
He added: Perhaps this match sums up our season. We conceded a goal while we were down to ten men, then we conceded another goal in extra time. This is probably the summary of our season, and for me, 4 minutes of stoppage time was not enough, and I think I must praise what the players provided; We showed the mentality and physical readiness to get back in the game, against one of the best physical teams in the league, and of course playing once a week helps them.
He continued: Conceiving three goals is an exaggeration, so we should have won the match when we scored two goals. I can say that in the last ten minutes we could have received more goals from Bournemouth, and their team has high energy and unity, and they play once a week. We’ve only had two days off, and we’re probably the only team to have played an away match in Europe and then played another away match just two days later.
