Slot: Liverpool 'can only blame' themselves for first defeat - ESPN

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has admitted Crystal Palace «deserved» their late 2-1 victory at Selhurst Park and said his side «can only blame» themselves for the result.

Palace brought Liverpool's five-game winning streak in the Premier League to an end thanks to a last-gasp winner from substitute Eddie Nketiah on Saturday afternoon.

Oliver Glasner's side had dominated the first half, taking an early lead through Ismaila Sarr before Federico Chiesa thought he had snatched a late point for the visitors.

«We can only blame ourselves for defending the way we did,» Slot said in his postmatch news conference on Saturday.

«One of our players ran out because he wanted to play a counter-attack, which was of no use because time was up, so it was only about defending.

»One player was too offensively minded in that moment, which led to them scoring the winner and us losing the game."

And reflecting on his side's second defeat to Palace this season, Slot was open about Liverpool's struggles when coming up against Glasner's team.

«Disappointing first half and disappointing end to the game. Once again, credit to Palace. It's not the first time we have lost against them,» he said.

«We have played them four times and we've won one, drawn one and lost two. It tells you how difficult it is to beat them. They deserved to be up two or three goals in the first half.

»They created four really good chances, but the second half was much better for us and we created chances and not many teams do. It took a while for us to score. To concede another set-piece goal is disappointing.

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