Arne Slot accepts ‘mistake’ as Liverpool boss prepares for touchline ban
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Liverpool boss Arne Slot accepts he let his emotions get the better of him at the weekend but is hopeful his touchline ban will not have a major impact. Slot must sit in the stands for Wednesday’s Carabao Cup quarter-final at Southampton after collecting a third booking of the season in the 2-2 draw against Fulham on Saturday.
The Dutchman is usually a becalmed figure in the technical area – particularly when compared to his excitable predecessor Jurgen Klopp – but he admits he overstepped the mark and should tone it down. Speaking at a press conference, Slot said: “You always reflect. I think in general I’m calm but – I don’t know if it’s smart to say this – there’s also a limit for me, let’s put it that way, then I can get emotional.
“Unfortunately, that limit is earlier reached by referee decisions than the decisions my players make, because they make more good decisions than the referees do, in my opinion, for my team!. “But I don’t always think you have to show it to have that fire. I think it’s clear that if you work in a club like this, or around the world at a top club, you do have this fire inside of you that you want to win every game, and you try to influence as much as you can.
“The mistake I’ve made two times already here, and one or two times in Holland, is that sometimes you think that creating an atmosphere that the whole world is against you can lead to some positive decisions in the end of the game. “But here until now it stayed the same, it didn’t change. It didn’t help at all.”.
