Arne Slot reveals complaint over ‘joke’ Arsenal tactic after Liverpool draw

Arne Slot claims helium was fixed a yellowish paper successful Liverpool’s 2-2 gully with Arsenal due to the fact that his complaints astir time-wasting tactics from Mikel Arteta’s broadside were misheard by officials.

Liverpool came from down doubly astatine the Emirates Stadium to gain a constituent as Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah cancelled retired goals from Bukayo Saka and Mikel Merino.

Slot, meanwhile, is connected the brink of a touchline prohibition successful the Premier League aft picking up his 2nd yellowish paper of the play successful the 2nd fractional of Liverpool’s gully with Arsenal.

One much yellowish paper this play would mean that Slot would beryllium forced to ticker Liverpool’s pursuing home lucifer from the stands.

However, the Liverpool manager has revealed that the 4th official, Sam Barrott, misheard his ailment to Ibrahima Konate astir Arsenal slowing the crippled down successful the 2nd half.

‘Last clip I said I wholly deserved the yellowish card, this clip I don’t deliberation I did it,’ Slot said.

‘Because aft truthful galore times they were connected the floor, which tin hap successful shot I don’t blasted them for that, but they ever fell down aft they had shot possession.

‘That took the vigor retired of the crippled successful my opinion, and I said to Ibou, ‘this is simply a f***ing joke’ and the 4th authoritative thought that I said to him, ‘you are a f***ing joke’, that’s decidedly not that I said.

‘But I got a yellowish for that, truthful present I’m connected 2 and I person to beryllium cautious now.’

Speaking during his post-match investigation for Sky Sports, erstwhile Manchester United skipper Roy Keane besides accused Arsenal of clip wasting successful the 2nd fractional and questioned whether Arteta’s broadside are credible challengers to Manchester City successful the Premier League rubric race.

‘I inactive look astatine the mentality of this Arsenal side… today, erstwhile you’re watching them live, 2-1 up, immoderate the circumstances with injury. Can you spell connected and, not instrumentality silly gambles, but tin you instrumentality the initiative?’ Keane said.

‘Today, they were 2-1 up, and they conscionable stepped back. They were clip wasting, they were trying to termination the game, I get it.

‘But if you’re the location squad and you’re 2-1 up, usage the initiative, usage the fans down you, and I conscionable interest astir that belief, that mentality.

‘Do they truly person that content and condemnation that they’re a apical squad and they tin truly situation Manchester City? I inactive don’t spot it.

‘They’ve made large progress, and it seems truly critical, but you person to look astatine it comparing them to Man City and wherever they’ve got to successful the past fewer years.’

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