Ruben Amorim hits back at Arne Slot as Liverpool boss doubles down on 'long ball' comments

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Ruben Amorim has insisted he ‘doesn’t care’ about Arne Slot’s comments following Liverpool’s defeat to Manchester United, despite the backlash the Reds boss has faced since. After the game, Slot made reference to United’s tactics as one of the reasons why his side had struggled, insisting it had been hard to “play against a low block and a team that plays so many long balls”.

Arne Slot has received backlash for his comments about Manchester United (Image: Getty Images) “I understand everything. “It was an important win, but I was the first one to say that we need to play better with the ball.

“I can evaluate my team and I am really clear that we should play better with the ball. And then United came and we had to defend 59 long balls,” Slot said.