Arne Slot responds to Man Utd backlash and doubles down on 'long ball' comments

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"If you told me that we would play against a low block and a team that plays so many long balls, that we would be able to create so many chances, I would think that we wouldn't lose the game, but we did, because we missed a lot,” Slot said in an interview after the game. Liverpool fell to a fourth straight defeat against Manchester United last weekend (Image: Getty Images) “The way to unlock it is a moment of magic, which we had in the first half of the season a lot with Mo [Salah], or a set-piece, which we had at Frankfurt as well, because that again was a low block, but two set-pieces unlocked the game for us.

Arne Slot's comments after the United game were criticized by rival fans (Image: Getty Images) “Yes, we have to adjust, and that's what we've tried to do. The last two times we faced a 5-4-1 against Palace and against United, we've created more chances than we did every single time we faced a 5-4-1 last season, low block.

“The reason for that is that we've tried to adjust a few things in our playing style as well, and against Frankfurt, we again faced a 5-4-1, where I adjusted maybe even more. But that's not to say that was the reason that we created so much, because we created already a lot against United and against Palace as well.