Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has described his team’s FA Cup shock loss at the hands of Plymouth Argyle as “unacceptable.”
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Slot deems FA Cup loss “unacceptable”
Liverpool suffered an early FA Cup exit due to a Ryan Hardie penalty, with Slot having rested several key players ahead of Sunday’s trip to Home Park.
Despite losing Joe Gomez to injury during the game, Slot believes the Premier League leaders should still have had the quality to beat the team currently at the bottom of the Championship.
“To lose against Plymouth is unacceptable,” he said in a news conference on Tuesday.
“We are disappointed with that result. Now we have to show a different side of us tomorrow. It was not only the result, but the performance was far below Liverpool standards as well.”
Liverpool will bounce back against Everton
Liverpool are six points clear of second-placed Arsenal at the top of the Premier League with a game in hand.
However, their push for an unprecedented quadruple campaign was dashed by Plymouth in the FA Cup on Sunday.
Slot’s side faces a grueling run of five Premier League matches in 15 days, beginning with Everton at Goodison Park on Wednesday.
When asked whether this upcoming stretch will define his team’s season, Slot said: “No, because this, playing five games in 15 days, is what we’ve done for seven months now. Every phase of the season is crucial if you play in the Premier League.”
“This is the hardest league to win because there are so many teams that can win this league and there are so many teams that are able to win 10 or 15 games in a row. You cannot slow down, you cannot have a few games where you are not on top of your game because all of a sudden other teams catch you up.”
“That’s why it’s such an exciting league. The upcoming five are important but then after that the next nine are important. But the first 23 have been just as important.”
