Trent under pressure
Superstar defender Trent Alexander-Arnold came in for a lot of criticism for his performance on Sunday against Manchester United.
The right-back, who continues to be linked with a move away from Anfield was torn to shreds by the likes of Roy Keane and other pundits.
Slot was asked about the England star and said: “I think we were all disappointed – not only Trent, we were all disappointed – by the way we played [against Manchester United on Sunday].
“First of all, about the result. Parts of the game we could be quite satisfied with, other parts of our game we weren’t completely happy with.
“That was not only Trent, there were more things in the game that we could have done better. Trent didn’t play his best game, I’ve said it already, but that’s not for the first time in his life he didn’t play the best game of his career.
“He has played so, so, so many games well for this club. Now it wasn’t his best – like for some others, it wasn’t the best game for some others as well.
We just pick it up and start training again, because these players know if you play 50, 60 games in a season, once in a while you don’t have your best performance.
“Maybe we should highlight more how good it is that these players are able to play every three days such a good game.
“And apart from the game maybe not being the best, it was again an eventful game from Liverpool.
“All the games we’ve played in the last six months – and maybe even longer when Jurgen [Klopp] was here – I got many text messages from people saying, ‘What a game again!’
“Unbelievable what happened the last 10 minutes, both teams playing fully for a win. That is also part of our job I think, to make it an eventful game.
“That is what we are trying to do every game, mostly with a result or winning. Now it wasn’t enough to win it, but it was definitely an interesting game for everyone to watch.”
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