Liverpool’s repeated setbacks are “hard to take” for players, admits Arne Slot

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The reigning champions have won only one of their last five league games after Ao Tanaka’s stoppage-time equaliser at Elland Road saw them held to a draw for the second time in four days and lose further ground on the top four. Slot said: “I think we’re improving.

Individuals are improving, performances are improving, but it’s hard to take for these players as well. “They’re putting so much effort in and fighting so hard and not to get the result so many times, one after the other, I think we can understand that does do something to an individual and to a team.” Liverpool had lost seven of their previous 11 away league games before heading to Elland Road – where they had not lost in over 25 years – but while they left with a point, this will feel like another defeat and heaps further pressure on their head coach.

“It’s not about me, it’s what the players feel, what the fans feel, what everyone who loves this football club feels,” Slot said. Boss Daniel Farke described a thrilling second half as “crazy” and hailed his players for their fighting spirit and also Leeds fans for creating an electric atmosphere.