Arne Slot makes worrying admission about Liverpool after yet another costly late goal

Arne Slot says Liverpool have become their own worst enemy after a 1-1 draw with relegation-threatened Tottenham Hotspur

Arne Slot admits Liverpool have become their own worst enemy after another goal conceded after 90 minutes saw Tottenham Hotspur earn a 1-1 draw at Anfield.

After Dominik Szoboszlai’s free-kick gave the Reds the lead, Igor Tudor’s relegation-threatened Spurs fought back and levelled late on through former Everton striker Richarlison.

It means Liverpool have conceded in the 90th minute or later a whopping eight times this season with Spurs joining Wolves, Manchester City, Leeds United, Fulham, Bournemouth, Chelsea and Crystal Palace on that list.

“Of course, it’s damaging but how many times has this been damaging for us?” Slot said. “We don’t help ourselves at all. So many times this season, we have created much more xG (Expected Goals) or chances than the amount of goals we score.

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“Usually, in the Premier League, you see a lot of teams outperforming their xG but that is definitely not what we are doing throughout the season. The game stays tight until the end and we struggle to keep clean sheets.

“We haven’t had as many clean sheets as you’d want if you want to go higher up in the table and that’s a bad combination for picking up the amount of points we want to pick up.”

Slot added: “In large parts of the game, we were the better team. That is a moment you have to score a second.

“We had moments to do so, quite a lot and in the part where it was more equal, the last 15-20 minutes, on both sides it was waiting for one of the two teams to score.

“They created chances in a similar way, the four or five moments they had. Long ball, picking up the second ball and trying to be a threat. We also picked up a lot of those second balls where we were able to counter-attack them.

“From all these counter-attacks, four-v-threes, three-v-twos, I felt with all these quality players we have that we should be able to get a bigger chance or when we have it, be able to score it. But we didn’t and conceded the equaliser and there’s not enough time left to make up for it.”