Liverpool boss Arne Slot, spoke to BBC Match of the Day after his side's defeat at Bournemouth: “It is a cruel game if you lose in extra time after coming back from 2-0 down at half-time.
"I think it was only 5-10 minutes in the first half where we didn't have total control, we played through them nicely a few times but we conceded twice and we went down to 10 men so that doesn't help.
"It felt to me that if we were able to make up the 2-1, we would have been back in the game. We were a lot of the time in promising positions but we were 2-0 down and it did feel to me that we were going to score and get back in the game.
"It is fair to say that in the last 10-minutes it was more open but I could see that my players were tired because we only had two days in between each game."
On when the goals were scored: “It was Bournemouth’s best 10-minutes.
"It is mostly the same few players who have to play and it is safe to say that they were very tired and I cannot blame them, especially if you face a very intense Bournemouth team."
Captain Virgil van Dijk spoke to Sky Sports: “I am very disappointed. Last minute of the game is very tough to take, we worked very hard in the second half to get back in the game and to concede that late is disappointing.”
On questioning the referee at full-time: “What I felt on that pitch is that I was blocked but the referee and VAR didn’t give it. I can stand here and say it shouldn’t have been given bit it was, so it is what it is.”
On Bournemouth scoring two goals in seven minutes: “The first goal was a difficult one to judge, the wind was very tricky so it was difficult. To concede that was isn’t an issue but it’s not good. To concede two goals in a short period is not good at all. The goal for us a half-time was really important for momentum in the second-half.
"In the end, that throw in cost us."
On who to blame for the loss: “After a game and a moment it is easy to say he should have done this, he should have done that and I know that is what will happen but we decided to keep the ball and eventually they got it.
"Losing never feels good especially as a Liverpool player. This season we are trying to find consistency."
On his team's togetherness: “I don’t think there is any question about our togetherness but the consistency we are looking for still needs to be found. It is something we have to deal with and we want to perform and we want to win games.”
Did you know?
- Liverpool conceded a 90th-minute winning goal for the third time in the Premier League this season – their most ever in a single campaign in the competition.
