Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has reacted to Arsenal’s Premier League title triumph
Arne Slot couldn’t resist aiming a dig at Arsenal while congratulating the Gunners on their Premier League title triumph.
Mikel Arteta’s men, who only collected one point from six against the Reds this season, were crowned champions on Tuesday following Bournemouth’s 1-1 draw with Manchester City.
Speaking ahead of Liverpool’s final match against Brentford, Slot paid tribute to Arsenal, saying: “Let me congratulate Arsenal on winning the league.
“Winning it here in England is never easy and they have done a tremendous job. Forty per cent of their goals have come from set-pieces. Football has changed and evolved.”
It’s safe to say the remarks have not gone down well with Arsenal supporters on social media.
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Liverpool trail the Gunners by a whopping 23 points heading into game-week 38. At the start of the season, they led the charge after five matches, claiming maximum points after defeating Arsenal 1-0 at Anfield.
But it’s been one of the poorest Premier League title defences in Premier League history and there are now strong calls from the club’s fanbase for Slot to face the sack.
Meanwhile, Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola strongly defended his players while also taking his hat off to his former assistant Arteta.
He said: “Congratulations to Arsenal. Mikel and his backroom staff [have their] hands on the Premier League. Well deserved. At the same time, for my managerial career one of the years where we fought the most, we were incredible with things that we could not control and we never give up.
“I would have loved to arrive in the last moment to try but today the fatigue was there. They [Bournemouth] had 12 days to prepare that game and played for qualification for the Champions League.
“An extraordinary team, incredibly well-managed and three days-three days-three days Brentford, Crystal Palace and today we missed it and the impact of fresh players was not good enough from the players who came from the bench.
“We broke the team, the tempo that we have, we want to play a lot of short passes so they don’t make a lot of transitions. It’s so difficult against Bournemouth, that’s why Kova [Mateo Kovacic], Bernardo [Silva], Rodri and the others came inside to make short passes.
“We played really well but we conceded. We had our chance in the second half with Nico [O’Reilly] and the linesman made so quick the action for one against one against Erling [Haaland] when he should wait to see if he is offside or onside. He didn’t do it but we fought an incredible lot and we prepare for next season.”
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