Arne Slot defends Merseyside derby decision that had David Moyes furious
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Arne Slot backed the match officials' choice to add merely three minutes of stoppage time following their Merseyside derby triumph against Everton, despite the anger of David Moyes.
The Reds defeated their neighbourhood rivals in Saturday's 247th derby meeting as strikes from Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike proved decisive in the opening half, despite Idrissa Gueye's response shortly before the hour.
Moyes was left furious with the decision to only award three minutes of additional time, after what he felt was a game filled with stoppages.
Social media has been filled with complaints about how much additional time was given, with Rio Ferdinand also voicing his opinion.
That was given.
“Today I found it really difficult to think there was only three minutes added time on.
I also found it difficult that there were quite a lot of free-kicks and the referee said we couldn't play until he was ready.
“We're trying to help our players all the time.
But now, speaking ahead of Tuesday night's game against Southampton in the Carabao Cup, Slot has defended the referee, saying he felt it was a perfectly reasonable amount of time
He said: "A lot has been said about the added time against Everton but I would have loved to play on for 34 seconds more because we were in a five-v-two situation at that moment