{"id":34188,"date":"2025-12-20T22:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/arne-slott-wasnt-happy-with-what-he-noticed-late-in-liverpools-win-over-tottenham\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T22:03:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T03:03:34","slug":"arne-slott-wasnt-happy-with-what-he-noticed-late-in-liverpools-win-over-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/arne-slott-wasnt-happy-with-what-he-noticed-late-in-liverpools-win-over-tottenham\/","title":{"rendered":"Arne Slott wasn&#8217;t happy with what he noticed late in Liverpool&#8217;s win over Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/arne-slott-wasnt-happy-with-what-he-noticed-late-in-liverpools-win-over-tottenham\/#Arne_Slott_criticizes_Liverpool_players\" >Arne Slott criticizes Liverpool players<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/12\/20\/arne-slott-wasnt-happy-with-what-he-noticed-late-in-liverpools-win-over-tottenham\/#Liverpool_suffered_injuries_despite_winning_against_Tottenham\" >Liverpool suffered injuries despite winning against Tottenham<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool manager Arne Slott was clearly not happy with his side struggling against nine men despite a 2-1 away win at Tottenham.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Coach Slott said in the post-match press conference that he was thankful that they didn&#8217;t score, but that he expected the game to end more easily.<\/p>\n<p>Xavi Simmons was sent off in the first half, after which Liverpool won 2-0 at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Richarlison pulled one back moments before, and then Cristian Romero was also shown a red card, but Slott felt that despite LFC having a two-man advantage, they were still attacking Spurs one after the other.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Arne_Slott_criticizes_Liverpool_players\"><\/span>Arne Slott criticizes Liverpool players<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Dutch tactician was clearly not happy with his players&#8217; performance, with Slott even going so far as to say it felt more like a nine-man team than Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I thought against nine guys we would be able to keep them away from the goal,&#8221; Slott said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we kept getting attacked one after another, so it looked like we were losing by nine points.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Liverpool_suffered_injuries_despite_winning_against_Tottenham\"><\/span>Liverpool suffered injuries despite winning against Tottenham<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One of the bad news for Liverpool against Spurs was the injury to Alexander Isak.<\/p>\n<p>The Sweden international has endured a nightmare since moving to Anfield in the summer, struggling to stay fit and making little impact on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>Slott has talked about Isak&#8217;s injury, which doesn&#8217;t seem very promising at this point, but there are no concrete medical updates yet.<\/p>\n<p>Click here for Liverpool player ratings and here for goal highlights.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool manager Arne Slott was clearly not happy with his side struggling against nine men despite a 2-1 away win at Tottenham. 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