Arne Slot referred to as Liverpool’s shock 2-1 defeat to bottom-placed Wolves “one other setback” that completely encapsulated their disappointing Premier League title defence.
The champions dominated possession and probabilities at Molineux however fell sufferer to their acquainted failings.
Andre’s stoppage-time strike flew previous Alisson to chalk up a ninth league defeat of the season and deal a crushing blow to Liverpool’s Champions League aspirations.
“The identical outdated story,” Slot mentioned bluntly. “Just lately we’re choosing up factors as a result of we scored many occasions from set-pieces, however the finish result’s we rating one they usually scored two – one other in added time – so it sums up our season once more.
“What I imply is that we’ve way more ball possession than the opposite crew and we’ve created a lot of the open play probabilities, however in open play we’ve struggled to attain.”
Wolves surprised the guests with 12 minutes remaining when Rodrigo Gomes expertly lifted the ball over Alisson after Tolu Arokodare had outmuscled Virgil van Dijk. Mohamed Salah appeared to have salvaged a degree 5 minutes later along with his first league purpose since November, pouncing on Jean-Ricner Bellegarde’s stray go.
However Wolves – who’ve now scored in stoppage time of their final three dwelling matches – delivered the sucker punch when Andre’s effort deflected cruelly dwelling.
The defeat leaves Liverpool fifth on 48 factors, three behind fourth-placed Aston Villa and Manchester United, with the very actual prospect of dropping to sixth if Chelsea beat Villa on Wednesday.
Slot’s frustration was palpable as he mirrored on one other recreation that slipped via his facet’s fingers.
“My expectations have modified all through the season as a result of I anticipated extra from us,” he admitted. “It’s one other setback and we didn’t assist ourselves with this end result, by no means. There are nonetheless 9 video games to play however we’re dropping factors in a recreation when it’s completely not mandatory if you have a look at the run of play.
“If we play this recreation on this style 10 occasions, I don’t suppose we lose 10 occasions – however I’m removed from positive we win each time. Subsequently we’re not ok.”
