Arne Slot criticised Newcastle’s strategy in Liverpool’s dramatic 3-2 win at St James’ Park, declaring “that wasn’t a football match” when requested for his evaluation of the sport.
Liverpool got here away with a victory in opposition to 10-man Newcastle on Monday Night time Soccer after the Magpies thought they’d come from 2-0 all the way down to safe a draw.
Sixteen-year-old Rio Ngumoha’s winner 10 minutes into injury-time capped off a raucous, chaotic sport that had been dominated by the way forward for Alexander Isak beforehand.
The Toon comeback was much more spectacular given they performed half of the sport with 10 males after makeshift No 9 Anthony Gordon was despatched off in first-half injury-time.
It was a scrappy affair from the outset with 19 fouls earlier than the break. Newcastle then resorted their attacking play to purely set-pieces with a person fewer – a tactic that brought on Liverpool issues and led to the 2 targets that levelled the sport.
Additionally, the ball was in play for simply 40.8 per cent of the sport, which was the bottom proportion in a Premier League match since February 2010 (40 per cent in Stoke 3-0 Blackburn).
Slot mentioned: “I am not too certain if I noticed a soccer match at the moment. It was set-piece after set-piece, lengthy throw.
“It didn’t have a lot to do with tactics, what I said before the game, but I liked a lot how we stood strong. Very difficult first half hour, 45 minutes, but we didn’t collapse at all, we stood strong.
“Happening to 10-men, you’ll count on that that may be a huge plus for us, however when a goalkeeper takes each free kick, then there’s not a lot assist if you’re one participant up, and that is why it was so troublesome for us to carry the 2-0 over the road.”
He added: “I do not assume there was a lot open play to be performed.
“In a set-piece, a long throw-in, a long ball from the goalkeeper, you don’t need an extra man. It’s always nice to have an extra player on hand, but it’s just not as beneficial as if they want to bring the ball out from the back and we can press them. So, yes, with the ball, the one and only attack that was good in the second half, apart from maybe the 2-0, that was the one that led to the goal, which was a great attack.
“And for the primary time, we went from proper to the center to the left, and an important objective for a 16-year-old.
“Maybe it wasn’t the best game in terms of tactics or in terms of playing football, but I think every fan everywhere around the world enjoyed watching this game of football, also because their fans were amazing in terms of the help they gave the home team.”
Carra: Konate not on the races
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Jamie Carragher was essential of Ibrahima Konate’s efficiency in opposition to Newcastle, saying he’s in every single place in the intervening time and never on the races
Sky Sports activities’ Jamie Carragher:
“There are people for Liverpool who have made a really poor start to the season. Mo Salah is one of them even though he has got a goal and an assist. [Ibrahima] Konate is another one. He has been all over the place.
“I need my centre-back to go and win that [challenge on Dan Burn for Newcastle’s equaliser]. He was in every single place final week. He’s extra eager about grabbing his arm. He was actually poor within the first half as effectively. He’s not on the races in any respect.
“I absolutely shudder to think where Liverpool would be without Virgil van Dijk who has been absolutely outstanding.”
