Slot on a frustrating home draw against Burnley

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on a frustrating home draw against Burnley  17/01/2026  Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK

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00:00How do you react to that performance in general?

00:06Not for the first time, usually frustrating.

00:09They come in different fashions, so sometimes it is that we are scoring a goal in extra time

00:16so we expect to win the game and then you concede another goal in extra time.

00:21I think these games we've played quite a lot during the phase where we lost a few games

00:27where we were the team that created much more chances than the team we faced.

00:31But then we were losing those games.

00:33Then we started to become a team that was a bit more careful in conceding chances

00:40and that led to the fact that it made it also more difficult to create a lot.

00:46And as a result of that we've been in a run of games where we haven't lost.

00:51And I think today was a game what I like to see.

00:58A team that had even for our standards more ball possession than we usually have.

01:03Generating a lot of chances from that ball possession.

01:06And usually that comes with, if you take that a bit more risk,

01:12that comes with the other team counter-attacking you a few times.

01:15And we controlled that really well.

01:18But yeah, in football one team can have two chances.

01:23It was almost an on-goal from us.

01:25And score one goal and another team can have multiple chances and score one goal as well.

01:30And then you get the result we got today.

01:33There were quite a few boos at the finalists.

01:36Do you understand the fan feeling?

01:39Yeah, in my head it wasn't a boo, but in my head it was frustration as well.

01:45So if we are Liverpool and we play against Burnley,

01:50which we have to give them gratis how they defended, cleared balls off the line,

01:53all the things you want to see if you are a Burnley manager,

01:56players that try to do everything to prevent us from scoring.

01:59But if we as Liverpool are not disappointed anymore by having a draw at home against Burnley,

02:06then something is completely wrong.

02:08So I completely understand the frustration.

02:09I can tell you I have the same,

02:11and the players definitely have the same frustration as the fans have.

02:14You seem so in control.

02:15What changed?

02:16Because there were a couple of warning signs before Burnley did score,

02:19was there just a bit of sloppiness practice?

02:21What happened?

02:22I think there was one big warning sign when we almost scored a non-goal,

02:26and that chance and the goal we conceded came from similar situations

02:31where we wanted to try to bring the ball out from the back,

02:34and we were caught in possession,

02:37and twice it led to a dangerous situation.

02:40And I think those were the only moments where we struggled,

02:45but that was inside five minutes,

02:47so it felt like we are having a bit of a more difficult spell in the game.

02:52So in a similar way we've conceded those two chances,

02:59but during the whole game I think we did really well in a combination

03:02of bringing the ball out from the back, playing a bit more direct.

03:05But yeah, great finish from a position which I think we had many better positions to score from,

03:16but that's football, and we have to accept that.

03:28I just asked about the performance,

03:30the post-it was really good at the first half,

03:33did you see him making progress on the post-it after the break?

03:42Nah, we just spoke about frustration,

03:45I think we all have a lot of frustration about the results.

03:49Sometimes it's also a bit of frustration for me

03:51that all the development some players are going through

03:54has not been seen because the results don't show

03:56how the development of the team and individual players is.

04:01You're talking about Miloš, and I completely agree,

04:04he had another good game.

04:05I saw Florian scoring another great goal

04:08and was involved in a lot of other moments as well.

04:14Jeremy Frimpong, another good game of him,

04:16a big, big, big threat on that right side.

04:19But yeah, results don't always reflect development.

04:26And that's, I would almost say, another frustration because it's also hard for the players

04:35to feel that we are improving, to feel that they are improving,

04:39if the results are not as we want them to be.

04:42Of course, we can talk about 12 now in a row without a loss,

04:46but our standards are higher than not losing.

04:51Our standards are winning every game.

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