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Slot said Liverpool “not complacent” after Fulham loss

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has insisted that his side were not complacent in Sunday’s 3-2 Premier League defeat to Fulham.

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Stunning loss

Alexis Mac Allister gave the Reds a 13th-minute lead with a fine long-range strike.

However, Ryan Sessegnon, Alex Iwobi, and Rodrigo Muniz all scored during a stunning 14-minute spell in the first half, as Liverpool’s defense collapsed.

Substitute Luis Diaz sparked a late fightback 18 minutes from time, but it was to no avail.

Liverpool suffered only their second league defeat of the campaign, but they remain 11 points clear at the top of the table.

Liverpool were “not complacent”

Slot’s side needs just 11 more points from their final seven games to secure a record-equalling 20th top-flight title.

With talk circulating about Liverpool surpassing Manchester City’s record-winning margin of 19 points from 2017-18, Slot acknowledged that his team hadn’t been as dominant as Pep Guardiola’s side in recent years.

The Dutch boss reminded his players to produce “constant effort” in their final seven games.

“There is no reason for us to be complacent because we are not number one at the moment because we win every game by a margin of three or four goals,” he said. “Everyone that has seen our games, it takes so much effort, so much hard work to win games of football combined with quality of cause.”

“The team that won the league the last four seasons were already 3-0 up at half-time in almost every single they played. That is not the way it is for us. We are fully aware that we have to compete for seven more games.”

“The message [to the players] was mainly that I told them they showed great character in the second half but not for the first time this season, we had a difficult first half. It didn’t happen too often but normally we are able to make up for that because of the mentality of the team, how fit they are and the subs we can bring on.”

“Today it wasn’t enough and now we have a whole week to prepare for West Ham. Everyone need to be aware and they are. Actually, I didn’t need to tell them. The only way we can win a game of football is hard work, 90 minutes, constant effort.”