After Liverpool lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 away, the team's coach Slott was interviewed by Sky Sports. How do you summarize this game? "The first half was very tough. They played really well and deserved a goal to lead, and we were lucky to...
After Liverpool lost to Crystal Palace 1-2 away, the team's coach Slott was interviewed by Sky Sports.
How do you summarize this game?
"The first half was very tough. They played really well and deserved a goal to lead, and we were lucky to have only one goal at that time. The second half was the exact opposite. It took us some time to score and equalized the score with a few minutes left. But they won the game with a second set piece opportunity.
If you want to compete in the league, you need to have a net advantage in set piece, especially in this league. Last season it was one of our biggest advantages, and now we lost two against Newcastle, and two more in this game. But the teams in this league are increasingly relying on set piece."
How do you evaluate Crystal Palace's performance?
"Their style of the game is very suitable for their players. They use low post defense and have fast players to fight back, and the high point of Matt Tower on the front line. We had a lot of trouble in the first half. We had the ball in the rest of the time, but it was very difficult to break through such low post defense."
What do you think about that winning goal?
"It's never a good thing to concede the ball at the last moment of injury time. But there was a substitution at the time, so it's reasonable to make up for half a minute. I have to go back and see when they scored, but we should have defended that out-of-bounds ball better. We'll learn from all the games we've played, and we can even learn more from a game like this."
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