Arne Slot Slams VAR After Liverpool F C Lose 3-2 at Man Utd
liverpool f c lost 3-2 at Manchester United and Arne Slot went straight at the VAR decision that helped turn the match. Benjamin Sesko’s goal put United 2-0 up in the 14th minute, and Slot said the intervention went against his side after referee Darren England let the goal stand.
Sesko Goal Stands
Slot said he was not surprised the call went against Liverpool, adding: "I don't think it is a surprise to anyone this season that if there is a VAR intervention it goes against us - it has been the whole season the same." He also said: "If it was a touch, which I think it is, in a ball sport it has a certain curve and it changes it must be a contact, then we should have a debate if that is enough to disallow a goal".
Stuart Attwell backed England’s on-field decision after the potential handball check, and the goal stood. That left Liverpool chasing the game from 2-0 down before the final score settled at 3-2 to United.
Slot Targets Liverpool
The Liverpool manager turned the focus back on his own side as well. "The second goal, we did not concede because of the handball. We lost it because we lost the ball in a stupid position so we have to first look at ourselves," he said.
He added: "This is a complete pattern over the season but there is also a pattern that we concede ridiculous goals." Liverpool have now lost their 11th Premier League game of the season, and this defeat leaves their title defence looking even shakier after a run that has brought 18 defeats in all competitions.
United Close On Liverpool
Manchester United’s win carries more than one line in the table. They finished 42 points behind Liverpool in 15th place last season, but now look set to finish above them for the first time since the 2022-23 campaign and complete a league double over Liverpool for the first time since 2015-16.
Liverpool still should secure Champions League football, sitting six points clear of sixth-placed Bournemouth with three games left. But the bigger number remains the one Slot cannot ignore: 18 defeats in all competitions, their most since they lost 19 in 2009-10, with only three seasons since 1962 finishing above that mark.
