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Arne Slot bemoans Liverpool's lack of penalties

Arne Slot bemoans Liverpool's lack of penalties

Arne Slot has bemoaned the fact Liverpool "never get a penalty".

The Reds boss saw his side draw 0-0 at home to Leeds on Thursday (01.01.25) and speaking after the game, he complained that other players "go down easily" in order to benefit but his own side don't "get anything" when they do the same.

He told Sky Sports: "There was an obvious moment in the first half where we didn't go to the floor, which I understand because every time we go to the floor we never get a penalty.

"Those are the margins, I see other teams going down in situations like that but we don't do that. We've gone down when fouls were made multiple times this season and not got a penalty.

"In general we do speak about it and other players going down easily to get free kicks or other moments but this is who we are.

"Against West Ham, Lucas Paqueta tried everything possible to get a second yellow and Alisson, who plays with him on the national team, tried to help him not get a yellow. In the end he got the second yellow in that game.

"If other fans or people look into it you will find moments where we went down and didn't get anything. In the end it is who we are."

Leeds boss Daniel Farke was proud of his team's performance.

He said: "They were on it, and we needed to show lots of resilience, stubborn and structured.

"We had a good start to this game, but of course, there was many period we had to suffer and we had to dig in. Liverpool had lots of possession, shots as well, but not clear-cut chances.

"I am very happy with the clean sheet and the point and the mentality the lads showed today. A great point and a really good evening for us.

But he was frustrated by the added time and couldn't understand why the referee had added six minutes to the game.

He added: "Six minutes of added time I didn't see where that was coming from! Then the game was over, and not many freekicks to us were given. Some yellow cards, I am asking why I am missing key player Ethan Ampadu in the next game.

"The atmosphere in the dressing room at the minute is second to none. We were rock solid as a team and stuck together. A lot of praise goes to my team and the lads."

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