Arne Slot insisted he has “tried a lot of things” to arrest Liverpool’s trend of conceding late goals but is yet to find a solution after a 1-1 draw with Tottenham.
Slot appeared to pass the buck to the players as he assessed the latest collapse at Anfield as Liverpool saw Richarlison score a 90th-minute equaliser.
“I think if you look back on it – which is maybe not the nicest thing to do if you’re a fan of us – I’ve tried a lot of things,” he told reporters post-match.
“I’ve brought in Joe Gomez in the last minute of a game to keep the lead at Fulham, we conceded; brought in Wata [Endo] during the season to have that midfielder who picks up all the second balls.
“I’ve done attacker-for-attacker substitutions, not to bringing a defender in.
“We’ve tried many things but the way we are conceding goals is also constantly different.
“Unfortunately the things you can try to do to influence it from the side, as in a defensive substitution or an offensive substitution, I’ve tried many of them but it hasn’t yet led to us not conceding in the last minute.
“But we also have chances in the last minutes of the game. Even today, in extra time we had an unbelievable chance that simply doesn’t go in.
“But it won’t stay like that, I can tell you that.”
What Arne Slot said after boos at Anfield
Liverpool’s efforts on Sunday were met with boos at full-time and, like goalscorer Dominik Szoboszlai, Slot admitted he could understand their frustration.
“I think it’s understandable for fans to be frustrated, because it happened already so many times that they’ve seen the home team not picking up the points that they’re expected to, conceding goals in the last minute,” he said.
“Now it’s up to us to bring that frustration to Wednesday and come up with a big performance.
“We’re all frustrated, that’s completely clear.
“It’s now up to me and the players to take that frustration to Wednesday evening and show the fans the performance and the result they deserve, because they’ve been supportive throughout the whole season to us.
“If it happens so many times that they are frustrated at the end of a game or after the final whistle, that makes complete sense to me.”
Wednesday night will of course bring the visit of Galatasaray, who lead their Champions League last-16 tie 1-0 after another chastening defeat for Liverpool in Istanbul.