Liverpool's Slot frustrated after last gasp 3-3 draw with Leeds

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot  was left frustrated after their last gasp 3-3 draw with Leeds United Elland Road, Leeds, UK 06/12/25

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00:00It doesn't matter.

00:05Richard?

00:08Since you said on TV there's a bit of shock, a bit of disbelief at that,

00:12is that just the manner of the goal, the result, is it everything?

00:17I think the two things you just said.

00:19The result, the manner, where we conceded the goals,

00:23the way the whole game went for us.

00:25For me it felt there were so many positives to take from this game,

00:30which has happened to us many times this season,

00:34where you felt like there are so many positives to take except for the result.

00:38And then it would have been nice to get that result combined with the performance,

00:43but not for the first time this season.

00:47We've conceded goals, dropped points from the same pattern.

00:52I'm looking at it now.

00:54We had a piece, a VAR intervention that leads to a penalty.

00:59The first chance they had, which was the 2-2,

01:02because the 2-1 wasn't the chance that he wanted to...

01:08I think the ball was already out, there was contact,

01:11so he gave the penalty.

01:12And then the first chance from football of them led to the 2-2.

01:17And then we had a fantastic attack to the 3-2.

01:20What we have to do to score a goal is doing many things right,

01:25but unfortunately we concede too easy.

01:32That's maybe the right word.

01:33I wouldn't say too easy because we hardly gave away a chance,

01:36but when we do it's a goal.

01:40Beth?

01:41It feels like the season, when things start to go wrong on the pitch,

01:45there is maybe a little bit of a collapse meant to be from some of the players.

01:48Do you feel that?

01:49But at any point you do, how do you go about it?

01:51No, no, I don't feel that.

01:54Although it's never nice when you're 2-0 up and you control the game.

01:58I think we even had the chance to go 3-0 up with Cody in the counter-attack.

02:03And then it's not even a dangerous situation that leads to a penalty,

02:08and then if you play at Leeds or no matter which stadium you play in the Premier League,

02:11then there's belief again.

02:13And that belief comes even stronger if the first chance they have that goes in.

02:19So it's 2-2, and then I saw the mentality to come back.

02:23Not only mentality, also quality.

02:26Macau stepped over the ball, Domo was in the position we wanted him in to be today.

02:34And finished it off.

02:37Referee came with nine minutes of extra time,

02:39and in that nine minutes of extra time we conceded a set-piece.

02:43You're in such control with 2-0, you're quite proud,

02:47such a needless penalty to give away.

02:50How concerned are you about Canati's form?

02:54Unfortunately for him, he does a lot of things well,

02:58but he has been a bit too much on the crime scene.

03:03That is something I've heard people saying before in England,

03:07so that means that he's been involved in goals we've conceded.

03:11But if you are a centre-back, that happens in football.

03:14Today it was a tackle that came from effort.

03:20He tried to do everything to block the cross.

03:23The ball went out, the player already went down a little bit,

03:29and then there was contact.

03:31That was obvious and clear that there was contact.

03:33Now, the question is, should the fire have you interfered for that?

03:36Probably a lot of people will say that that's correct.

03:41But these same people should look at some games we've played this season

03:44where the VR didn't come in moments like this.

03:48When you watch that set-piece again for the 3-3,

03:52that's ten goals conceded now from set-pieces in the Premier League this season.

03:56Is that a problem with the set-up?

03:58Or are players just not doing what you're asking them to do in set-pieces?

04:03It's so much more than you can expect

04:07if you look at what to expect from a chance.

04:09Do you know then what I mean?

04:11We're talking always about expected goal value.

04:14So, if you look at that, we haven't even conceded that much from set-pieces.

04:19But to concede in a reality ten,

04:22I don't think there's any team in the world

04:24that can be in a higher league position than we are

04:26if you concede ten set-pieces.

04:28And have not scored in the Premier League once,

04:31unless you count that Dominic free-kick.

04:34Ah, maybe West Ham, maybe one then.

04:38West Ham second-phase throw-in.

04:41Yeah, then it's hardly impossible to be in a higher position

04:45or having more points than we have,

04:47if you concede so many of those.

04:49But for me it's not a set-up because it's the same set-up as we had last season,

04:53where we hardly conceded at all in the first half of the season.

04:58And in this set-up there are a lot of similar players that are mainly important.

05:03So, yeah, tell me what it is.

05:09If I tell you now it's bad luck,

05:11then you would probably say,

05:12maybe that's a bit too much after 15 games.

05:1615 games, yeah.

05:18Towards the end of the game, there's one or two chances.

05:21I think in particular the Gomez one way to come through.

05:23It looked like he had a chance to go in one-on-one,

05:25but then he seemed to change his mind and go towards the corner.

05:27Was there perhaps a mistake there in hindsight?

05:31No, no, no.

05:33His first touch wasn't perfect

05:35and that's why he thought I cannot go in front of him anymore.

05:39Maybe that's also if that would have been Alex or Hugo or Adam,

05:46who are attackers,

05:48then you get a different first touch from a centre-back that can play as a full-back.

05:55So, even after the 3-3, I think we had the biggest chance with Virgil's header.

06:00So, again, mentality, but again,

06:02not the result we wanted from that set-piece.

06:08You mentioned a minute ago about the nine minutes at a time.

06:11Is that something you disagreed with?

06:13Or were you happy that was an accurate amount?

06:15I was really happy with the nine minutes extra time.

06:17Of course not.

06:18Of course not.

06:19What can I say?

06:22Everything I say about that is not the right thing to talk about

06:27if you've been 2-0 up, 3-2 up and it goes to 3-3.

06:31I should talk about these things if we win a game of football.

06:34Yes.

06:35Given you have been twice in the game, how much harder for you is it to take?

06:44Given the good performances from individuals or whatever,

06:46how hard is it going to be to bring to move against the Juventus

06:49by Rob's centre there and a bit of that on Tuesday, Brighton?

06:53Yes, it's really hard, but it's not about me.

06:56It's about what the players feel, it's about what the fans feel,

06:59what everyone that loves this football club feels.

07:02And I think we all feel the same at this moment.

07:05But what I also hope everyone sees is that these players are fighting

07:09really, really, really hard and combine that with good football.

07:14Again today we hardly conceded a chance.

07:17Hardly conceded a chance.

07:19And conceded three goals.

07:21Yes, I see this, but it's not for the first time that I see us doing many things well this season,

07:48without the results combining the results with the performance.

07:54But, yeah, as you said, I don't know if you said this,

07:58but I can take a lot of positives from this game.

08:01If we would have won it with 3-2 or with 2-0,

08:03I think we were all sad.

08:06Controlled performance, dominant, against a very difficult team to play against

08:11because Chelsea experienced it, City experienced it in the second half,

08:15they've changed their playing style to long ball, long ball, long ball.

08:19They didn't do this before.

08:21So it has shown how difficult it is to play against that style.

08:26We know this for a long time because teams do this against us already for 14 games,

08:30but some other teams have experienced this now as well.

08:33Yeah, and I think we're improving, individuals are improving,

08:38performances are improving.

08:40But, as you just said, it's hard to take for these players as well,

08:45that are putting so much effort in, fighting so hard, doing a lot of things well,

08:49not to get the result so many times after each other.

08:55I think we can all understand that that does something with an individual and with a team.

09:02But, as I said, I will keep reminding everyone about the fact that after the 2-2,

09:08I didn't see a team that stopped, I saw a team that came back to 3-2,

09:12and after the 3-3 I saw a team that had the biggest chance.

09:15Was Alex's header also after the 3-3?

09:18Yeah, so two headers, twice close.

09:21But, yeah, we have to do a lot to score a goal, as I have said many times already.

09:27Thank you, Gabriel.

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