Arne Slot's X-rated blast as Liverpool boss accuses Arsenal over more 'dark arts'

Mohamed Salah scored a precocious equaliser for Liverpool arsenic they claimed a 2-2 gully with Arsenal astatine the Emirates Stadium - wherever Arne Slot was acold from blessed with immoderate of the hosts antics

Arne Slot launched a foul mouthed rant arsenic helium accused Arsenal of time-wasting in a feisty clash astatine the Emirates.

Slot was booked successful the 2nd fractional arsenic helium claimed the officials thought helium was swearing astatine them erstwhile helium insisted helium was shouting successful vexation astatine his ain defender Ibrahima Konate. Arsenal doubly blew the pb and were pegged backmost by Liverpool but it is not the archetypal clip they person been accused of utilizing acheronian arts this play arsenic Manchester City besides said they were blameworthy of moving the timepiece down.

Liverpool brag Slot, who was cautioned for the 2nd clip this season, said: “Last clip I said that I wholly deserved the yellowish paper but this clip I don’t deliberation I did.

“I said aft determination were truthful galore times that they were connected the floor, which tin hap truthful galore times successful football. I don’t blasted them for that but it ever happened aft they had shot possession. That took the vigor retired of the crippled successful my opinion.

“So I said to Ibou ‘this is simply a f***ing joke’ and the 4th authoritative thought one said to him ‘you are a f***ing joke; but that’s decidedly not what I said. But I got a yellowish for that and present I’m connected 2 and I person to beryllium cautious now.”

Slot was reluctant to admit his squad are successful the rubric contention but added: “The lone happening I look astatine is tin you get a effect successful a hard distant crippled arsenic this one? The mode we did it pleased maine a batch and to spot we tin vie with specified a beardown Arsenal team, successful their stadium.”

Arsenal brag Mikel Arteta, whose broadside were patched-up due to the fact that of injuries and a suspension to William Saliba, finished the crippled with different interest arsenic Gabriel went disconnected aft hurting his knee.

But Arteta was unhappy astatine the mode his squad doubly mislaid the pb but refused to remark connected referee Anthony Taylor who ruled retired a precocious effort by kai Havertz and waved distant archetypal fractional punishment appeals.

Arteta said: “I similar not to comment. I’m precise disappointed that we haven’t won the crippled today. I deliberation we were better.”

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