Liverpool manager Arne Slot dismissed suggestions from Everton forward Jack Grealish that the visitors were justified in accusing the Reds of timewasting during last weekend\u2019s Merseyside derby.<\/p>\n
Slot acknowledged the game was physically demanding. \u201cThe second half was more difficult because of Everton of course, but also because we ran a bit out of energy.\u201d The contest swung in Everton\u2019s favour when Grealish delivered a high cross to the back post and Iliman Ndiaye brought it down for Idrissa Gueye to blast beyond Alisson in the 58th minute, halving the deficit and raising tension at Anfield.<\/p>\n
Everton were left frustrated by several refereeing decisions, with Grealish openly questioning the officiating. \u201cThe stoppage time, three minutes and one minute\u2014I\u2019ve never seen that in the Premier League in the last two or three years,\u201d he lamented, insisting that Liverpool \u201cwere obviously trying to slow the game down.\u201d He also highlighted a booking for Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall and the amount of added time as key grievances.<\/p>\n
Slot answered those claims directly on Monday, arguing the added time was appropriate and that suggestions of deliberate delay were misplaced. \u201cA lot has been said about the added time against Everton but I would have loved to play 34 seconds more because we were in a five-v-two situation at that moment,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He expanded on the point in a longer response, outlining his view of Liverpool\u2019s intent. \u201cNow that tells you, I think, all about the mentality we have, always wanting to score a goal. The three minutes were completely correct because there were only three moments where a substitution was made.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no timewasting because that\u2019s not what we do and there was no treatment of injuries, one goal scored. Then you come to three [minutes]. Where in many other games when we need a goal, there\u2019s a lot, a lot, a lot of timewasting going on, I can tell you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The exchange underlined the intensity of the derby and the contrasting perspectives from both camps after a pivotal 58th-minute strike altered the course of the match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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