Arne Slot explains what he hopes Liverpool fans see after latest setback - 'It's really hard'

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Liverpool Echo IconSportFootballArne SlotArne Slot reflects after Liverpool's 3-3 draw with Leeds United at Elland RoadArne Slot says he hopes supporters can see Liverpool's determination to fight their way through a difficult period after a 3-3 draw with Leeds United on Saturday evening.The Reds were pegged back in stoppage time by Ao Tanaka's equaliser which means Slot's Premier League champions have now won just four of their last 15 games dating back to late September.Hugo Ekitike struck twice before a Dominic Calvert-Lewin penalty and a goal from Anton Stach gave the hosts parity with a quick-fire brace at Elland Road.Dominik Szoboszlai's classy finish looked to have given the visitors the points before Tanaka's late intervention earned a point and while Slot couldn't hide his disappointment, he was keen to detail the battling qualities from his players as they continue to play through the worst period of his 18 months in charge.READ MORE: Mohamed Salah drops Liverpool exit bombshell and says next week may be final Reds gameREAD MORE: Dominik Szoboszlai revelation speaks volumes after Liverpool throw away win at Leeds"It's really hard but it's not about me," Slot said. "It's about how the players feel, how the fans feel and how everyone at the football club feels because we all feel the same at this moment."But what I hope everyone sees is there players are fighting really hard and combine that with good football, again today we hardly conceded a chance and concede three goals."Yeah, I see this but it's not for the first time I see us do many things well without the result; combining the result with the performance.

I don't know if you said this but I could take a lot of positives from this game if we won 3-2 or 2-0."I think we'd have all said a controlled performance, dominant against a difficult team to play against because Chelsea experienced it, City experienced it in the second half because they changed their playing style to long ball, long ball, long ball and didn't do this before."Slot added: "It's shown how difficult it is to play against this style, we know this because teams do this already against us for 14 games."We are improving, individuals are improving, performances are improving but it's hard to take for these players as well because they are putting so much effort in, fighting so hard not to get the result so many times after each other."We can all understand that does something with the individual and the team but as I said, I will keep reminding everyone that after the 2-2, I didn't see a team that stopped and after the 3-3, I saw a team that had the biggest chance."Alexander Isak's header was also after the 3-3 so two headers, twice close, we have to do a lot to score a goal as I have said many times."