Slot: It's impossible to measure Liverpool's grief

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Arne Slot: It's impossible to measure Liverpool players' grief over Diogo Jota's death Updated / Friday, 21 Nov 2025 10:48 Liverpool are currently eight points behind leaders Arsenal Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admits it is impossible to measure the impact the grief over Diogo Jota's death has had on his team-mates but they will never use it as an excuse for poor results. Liverpool supporters continue to sing Jota's song in the 20th minute of games at Anfield "The last thing I would do is use it as an excuse because I simply don’t know.

What I do know is we miss the player, that is 100 per cent sure, and we also miss the person. "But I cannot measure what impact that has on our performances, let alone results.

"But in these moments of time I also think how must it feel for his wife and his children because that is so much harder for them than it is us but that we miss the player and the person, that is completely clear. "This time we haven’t been able to come back as many times as last season after being 1-0 down or a goal down and he definitely played his part in that last season." Slot’s hopes of arresting the slide on the pitch have not been helped by muscle injuries to playmaker Florian Wirtz and right-back Conor Bradley – the latter set to be sidelined for three weeks – although goalkeeper Alisson Becker is back after eight matches out with a hamstring problem.