Slaughter: The Bees penalty kick was far-fetched. If you asked me to award it, it would definitely be Gakpo s.

Hupu, October 26th: Liverpool head coach Slott attended the post-match press conference after losing 2-3 to Brentford.

How would you sum up your feelings on a disappointing night?

Like you said, very disappointed. Again, you always want to win the game in midweek.

Although you only have two days of rest before the game, of course you hope for a better result, but I also hope and expect a better performance because the performance in that game was far from what we are used to. Even though we lost, we played better than we did tonight.

What do you think is the most disappointing thing about losing tonight?

At least get the basic things right. Because even if... right, if you're down 1-0, down 2-1, down 3-1, but there's energy on the pitch, it definitely helps the situation.

They are a team that is very good at winning faceoffs and secondaries, so you have to give them credit as well.

However, if the opponent wins more confrontations and secondary attacks than you do, it will certainly be difficult for you to win the game, especially if these are also the focus of their game. Again, as I've said many times, it's difficult to win if the set-piece advantage goes in their favour.

The first goal, I think it was their second hand throw. They relied on this goal. I think Liverpool must have thought of a strong hand throw in preparation for the game, right?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. This is the only preparation we made on the training ground yesterday and also to prepare for today's game.

So, that's not the only thing we have for them, because Brentford are also known for great set-pieces, but in my opinion, they're also known for great counter-attacks, and if I remember correctly the second goal conceded was a counter-attack.

So, while it should never be taken as an excuse, if I say that was a far-fetched penalty, I hope you won't tell me that that's a terrible excuse, but it was really far-fetched.

Hello, Slot, I think you made some tactical adjustments during the halftime break, changing 4-4-2 to 4-2-3-1, especially on Salah's side. What do you think?

No, I think Florian also moved inside a lot in the first half, but Salah also played more centrally, like we did against Eintracht Frankfurt this week.

But if we were behind 1-2, I expected that the opponent's defense would be deeper in the second half, so that Salah's crosses from the wing or one-on-one were all good details, but the second half did not entirely belong to us. This is absolutely not the case.

They were often involved in the game and although we scored the second goal and maybe we had a chance to score a few more, they certainly had a chance to make it 4-1.

In terms of recent losses and last season's performance, you're pretty happy with the team's performance, but do you think it's safe to say this is your most disappointing one? Or is this definitely your most disappointing experience so far?

Yeah, in terms of losing a game, I think this game was the worst loss I've ever had here.

Because usually, when we're down 1-2, or 1-3, or 0-1, oh, right, after we're down 0-1, that's the only 20-25 minutes of the game that I really enjoyed today.

Unfortunately, Florian's outstanding performance allowed us to have a good time, but ultimately failed to score.

Because you need some luck to bring those moments back into the game and energize us. But after 30 minutes I thought they won the game again with long throw-ins, set pieces and some other really good moments. So, again, please don’t dwell on what I just said.

So, they did a lot of good things. And then, I think that was a key moment, right before they went up 2-0, Cody dribbled the ball into the penalty area and they didn't touch it.

I think if you showed the two penalty kick situations in this game and the situation at that moment to every referee in the world, he would tell you that either both situations should be awarded, or nothing should be awarded. But if I had to give one, I would definitely give it to Cody.

Unfortunately for us, though, I don't think the referee meant to give a penalty, but he thought, let's give them a free kick.

But then VAR said, yes, the foul was in the penalty area, so if you thought it was a free kick, it was a penalty kick. So if you play football like we do today, you might be out of luck.

Looking at the bigger picture, what do you think caused the difference from last season? Did other teams notice your problem? Is it because they're trying to adapt to all the new players you sign?

Do you think the team's performance has declined after winning the championship? What caused the decline?

No, many of the things you just said may be related to this. Of course, I've said it many times, the opponents have their own way of playing against us, which is a very good tactic, and we haven't found the answer yet, and it doesn't help to be 0-1 down after five minutes every time.

So, our opponents know what tactics to use to deal with us.

Even when we didn't play well today, we were still able to score two goals and create more opportunities than two goals. But yeah, you can't compete at all and we really don't have that right now.

We were not competitive there because we gave up too much defensive space, and I only focus on our defense because that's what our 11 players did together.

Yes, this must also be related to the huge changes in the lineup in the summer. If the lineup changes in the summer, I think this situation is not surprising, but I did not expect to lose four games in a row. This must be clear..

It's always a bumpy road when there's a lot of roster changes, and that's not surprising, but losing four games in a row, yeah, I don't know if that's being used as an excuse, but looking at the last six games we've played, five of them have been on the road. So if you're in good form, that sometimes doesn't help.

Is Jones injured?

We'll have to wait and see. He asked to be substituted, but he didn't. He left the field voluntarily rather than needing a lot of healing, so I'll have to wait and see.