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Post-match press conference with Liverpool manager Arne Slot after their 3-3 draw with Leeds United at Elland Road in the Premier League.

Liverpool went 2-0 up early in the second half through a quick Hugo Ekitike brace before Leeds hit back, with Dominic Calvert-Lewin scoring from the spot and Anton Stach adding a rapid second to make it 2-2. Dominik Szoboszlai then restored Liverpool’s lead late on, only for Ao Tanaka to head in a 96th minute equaliser from a corner as Leeds completed a dramatic comeback.

Slot reflects on another night of “so many positives” without the result, stressing that Liverpool “hardly conceded a chance” yet still let in three goals. He discusses Ibrahima Konaté’s foul that led to the VAR penalty, the recurring issue of conceding from set pieces with 10 set piece goals against and barely any scored this season, and the difficulty of combining dominant performances with wins. The Liverpool boss insists he did not see a team that stopped, praises the mentality to go 3-2 up and create big late chances, and admits it is hard for players and fans to keep accepting dropped points in this way.

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00:00It doesn't matter.
00:07Honey, you said on TV there's a bit of shock, a bit of disbelief at that.
00:12Is that just the manner of the goals, the result? Is it everything?
00:17I think the two things you just said. The result, the manner.
00:21We considered the goals the 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.
00:54A piece.
00:55A VAR intervention that leads to a penalty.
00:58The first chance they had, which was the 2-2.
01:02Because the 2-1 wasn't the chance.
01:05He wanted to...
01:08I think the ball was already out.
01:10There was contact.
01:11So he gave a 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.
01:21What we have to do to score a goal is doing many things right.
01:26But unfortunately we concede too easy.
01:32That's maybe the right words.
01:33I wouldn't say too easy.
01:34Because we hardly gave away a chance.
01:36But when we do, it's a goal.
01:39Beth?
01:40It feels like the season when things start to go wrong on the pitch.
01:45There was maybe a little thinner collapse.
01:47Do you feel that?
01:49No, I don't feel that.
01:54Although it's never nice when you're 2-0 up.
01:57And you control the game.
01:58I think we even had the chance to go 3-0 up with Cody in the counter-attack.
02:02And 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 then the first chance they have that goes in.
02:19And so it's 2-2.
02:20And then I saw mentality.
02:21The mentality to come back.
02:23Not only mentality, also quality.
02:26Macau stepped over the ball.
02:29Domo was in the position we wanted him in to be today.
02:33And finished it off.
02:36Referee came with nine minutes of extra time.
02:39And in that nine minutes of extra time we conceded a set-piece.
02:43Arne, you're in such control of 2-0.
02:45You're quiet in the crowd.
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.
03:15Today it was a tackle that came from effort.
03:20He tried to do everything to block the cross.
03:24The ball went out.
03:28The player already went down a little bit.
03:30And then there was contact.
03:31That was obvious and clear that there was contact.
03:33Now, the question is, should Tafari have interfered for that?
03:36Probably a lot of people will say that that's correct.
03:40But these same people should look at some games we've played this season
03:44where the VR didn't come in moments like this.
03:48Just when you watch that set-piece again for the 3-3.
03:52That's ten goals seeded now for 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 at set-pieces?
04:03It's so much more than you can expect if you look at what to expect from a chance.
04:10Do you know then what I mean?
04:12So, we'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 10, I don't think there's any team in the world
04:24that can be in a higher league position than we are if you concede 10 set-pieces.
04:28And have not scored in the Premier League once.
04:31Unless you count that Dominic free-kick.
04:34Ah, maybe the West Ham.
04:37Maybe 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 if 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, not 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.
05:04So, yeah, tell me what it is.
05:09If I tell you now it's bad luck, then you would probably say,
05:12maybe that's a bit too much after 15 games.
05:1615 games, yeah.
05:18Yeah.
05:19Towards the end of the game, there was one or two chances.
05:21I think in particular the Gomez one where he's come through.
05:23It looked like he had a chance to go in one or one, but then he seemed to change his mind
05:26and go towards the corner.
05:27Was there perhaps a mistake there in hindsight?
05:31No, no, no.
05:32Nothing to do.
05:33His first touch wasn't perfect and that's why he thought I cannot go in front of him anymore.
05:42Maybe that's also if that would have been Alex or Hugo or Dom who are attackers,
05:48then you get a different first touch than from a centre-back that can't play as a full-back.
05:55So, even after the 3-3, I think we had the biggest chance with Josh Hader.
06:00So again, mentality, but again, not 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 or 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 if you've been 2-0 up,
06:283-2 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're twice in the league and seeking out the win,
06:39the bad game was harder for you as an entity,
06:42but if you've got the fort and sister individuals and whatever,
06:46how hard is it going to be to bring us to do against?
06:49You've probably upset that and a bit of a lot on Tuesday,
06:52Brighton benefit.
06:53Yeah, no, 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.
07:03I think we all feel the same at this moment.
07:05But what I also hope everyone sees that these players are fighting really,
07:09really, really hard and combine that with good football again today,
07:15we hardly conceded a chance, hardly conceded a chance and conceded 3 goals.
07:21Yeah, I see this, but it's not for the first time that I see us doing many things well this season,
07:36without the results combining the results with the performance.
07:54But yeah, as you said, I don't know if you said this, but I can take a lot of positives from this game.
08:01If we would have won it with 3-2 or with 2-0, I think we were all sad.
08:06Control performance, dominant, against a very difficult team to play against,
08:11because Chelsea experienced it, City experienced it in the second half.
08:16They've changed their playing style to long ball, long ball, long ball.
08:19They didn't do this before, so 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.
08:35Yeah, and I think we're improving, individuals are improving, performances are improving.
08:41But, 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,
08:50not to get the result so many times after each other.
08:56I 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 saw a team that stopped.
09:11I saw a team that came back to 3-2, and after the 3-3, I saw a team that had the biggest chance.
09:15Was Alex's header also after the 3-3? Yeah, 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, everyone.
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