Slot: Newcastle weren’t hungrier than Liverpool in Carabao Cup
Liverpool manager Arne Slot suggested that Newcastle United was not “hungrier” following their 2-1 Carabao Cup final defeat at Wembley.
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Newcastle not “hungrier” than Liverpool in Carabao Cup
Goals from Dan Burn and Alexander Isak put Newcastle in control, although Federico Chiesa pulled one back for Liverpool in stoppage time.
Howe’s side survived that late scare to deliver Newcastle’s first domestic trophy in 70 years.
However, Slot does not believe that their opponent was more determined to win the title, although he admitted they were outclassed.
“It’s 70 years since they’ve last won a trophy maybe, but that’s for the fans,” Slot said after the match.
“The players only have 15 years to play football, and they want to win every single trophy they are competing for. That’s also what we want.”
“It was a game that went the way [Newcastle] wanted it to go and they got some extra energy with the goal just before half time, which they probably deserved after the first 45 minutes because they were threatening us more than we were threatening them. I don’t think there was more hunger from them.”
Two disappointing losses
It has been a disappointing week for Liverpool.
Before their Carabao Cup defeat, the Reds were eliminated from the Champions League on penalties by Paris Saint-Germain in midweek.
“Disappointing result. Disappointing performance. Completely different from how I felt after the PSG game. Losing twice in a row is something I think we’ve done for the first time, but that probably also comes with going into the latter stages of a tournament.”
“PSG and Newcastle are two very good teams, both in their own styles. We already knew from the game at St James’ Park how difficult it is to beat [Newcastle]. It was a tough week, but it was also a week when we extended our lead to 12 points so it wasn’t all negative. But the last two were definitely not what we wanted.”
Liverpool now have 17 days before their next match, a Merseyside derby against Everton on April 2, where they will aim to get back to winning ways in their pursuit of the Premier League title.
“I would have loved to play next week, but now the situation is that they go to their national teams where they have to play two more games again,” Slot said.
“Then it is a week before we face Everton, who are again a team we have already faced, and we know how difficult that one was.”
