The slot rejects the allegations of fatigue from Liverpool after the heartbeat of Efl Cup

Liverpool manager Arne Slot denied his side’s proposals with Newcastle United 2-1 at the EFL Cup final was a product of fatigue after losing their penalties in Paris Saint -Germain in the Champions League.

The Reds were favorites to ask for their first trophy under a slot, which controls the exceptional first season after taking from Jurgen Klop, with Liverpool 12 points from Arsenal at the top of the Premier League.

But they were canceled by a superb Newcastle performance, led by 2-0 through goals by Dan Berne and Alexander Isaac, before Federico Chisa draws one back to the time.

Insufficient display in Liverpool came five days after they released a lead from the first leg over PSG in their last 16 tie, a pulsating second match eventually goes all the way to penalties, in which Gianluigi Donnumma shone to send League 1 leaders.

Liverpool seemed to be devoid of Wembley’s energy, but the slot would not point to fatigue as a factor, instead pointing to a direct approach from Newcastle, which manager Eddie How admitted that he held near his chest when the two countries met Anfield last month as the main reason for the death of his team.

« It is always difficult to judge mentally, » Slot told reporters when asked if his country was tired.

« Were we tired on Tuesday mentally or physically? No, but this game had nothing to do with running, this game had to do with the duel game.

« And there was no intensity at all about running in this game, we couldn’t even judge it if we were physically tired, yes or not, because we couldn’t press them.

« You can judge a team if they are tired, if they are pressed, but there was nothing to press because they played over our press.

« If they got a blow from a blow or free kick, every time they brought it to our last row, which led to many pieces.

« So the game was slow and not intense, so it’s hard to judge for me if we were physically ready. Mental this is difficult.

« If you look at the result and the presentation you may feel that it (the PSG game) did something with us, but I prefer to look at how the game goes and that game went exactly how they want it to be.

« Battle with many duels and many duels in the air, and if we played 10 times playing football through the air against them, they are probably winning nine times as they are stronger in the air than us. »

Liverpool will have time to overcome the disappointment of this week, with an international vacation allowing them to be able to regroup before the Merseyside derby with Everton on April 2.

Whether this vacation came at the right time for his team, Slot said: “We are one of the biggest clubs in the world, Liverpool. But this is not the first time in their history or in the last two seasons that they have lost two consecutive games.

« This is part of the game of football, especially if one of them is when you face the best team in Europe right now and the other faces Newcastle, who is a very strong team in England.

« I would like to play next week. But now the situation is that they go to their national teams, where they have two more games again. Then it is probably one and a half weeks before we face Everton, who is again a team we have already encountered. We know how difficult this one is. Let’s see. «