Arne Slot knows nothing’s coming easy for Liverpool this season, and that’s starting to feel proverbial after the Reds threw aside 2-0 and 3-2 leads in a 3-3 draw with Leeds at Elland Road on Saturday.
That makes it two draws in four days against newly-promoted sides for the defending champions.
Slot’s men had been held into the second half, but Hugo Ekitike remedied that with two quick goals right after the break.
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A funny thing happened on the way to a comfortable win, however, as Dominic Calvert-Lewin converted a controversially-awarded penalty and Anton Stach made it 2-2 late in Beeston.
Fortunately for Slot, Dominik Szoboszlai continued to deliver a Liverpool player of the year campaign with an 80th minute answer. Unfortunately for Slot, Ao Tanaka had an answer in stoppage time.
How did Slot see things?
Arne Slot reaction — Liverpool manager speaks after Reds toss aside 2-0, 3-2 leads at Leeds
How do you feel? “A sense of unbelief. I think we played quite well to very well in large parts of the game. I don’t think we conceded a chance until we made a foul which is not even a chance and they get a penalty through VAR intervention. 2-1 and then the first chance they have is 2-2. We go up and then you think you’ve done enough to win the game but then a set piece.”
“It’s not about me. It’s about us, about the fans, about the players. To concede a set piece again, I think it’s 10 or 11 this season, you can’t be higher on the table than us. To go away at 3-3, I don’t think that’s what we deserve.”
“We concede goals without the other team having a chance. It’s so difficult to play a game of football if you don’t concede a chance and one goes in. We can only look at ourselves because we are the ones who are doing it. That’s the situation.”