‘Enough is enough’ – Arne Slot explains why he was ‘running around like a lunatic’ last night
‘Enough is enough’ – Arne Slot explains why he was ‘running around like a lunatic’ last night Arne Slot has explained why he was – in his own words – ‘running around like a lunatic’ during the first half of Liverpool’s 4-0 win over Galatasaray on Wednesday night. DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES – STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON APPLE & GOOGLE PLAY The first half-hour of the match was littered with stoppages as several players from the away team melodramatically threw themselves to the turf in petulant displays of mock pain, with the Reds’ head coach cutting a much more animated figure than usual on the touchline.
The 47-year-old was far from pleased to see only five minutes of stoppage time being signalled at the end of a first half which was, to put it diplomatically, stop-start. Slot felt compelled to act over Galatasaray’s time-wasting Speaking in his post-match press conference, Slot touched upon his demonstrative touchline behaviour last night and why he felt compelled to get his point across to the officials. He explained (via liverpoolfc.
com ): “I think it was mainly the connection between the players and the fans. I hope that the fans were more focused on how the players played than what I was doing down the line, but at a certain moment enough is enough. “I faced it now far too many times that we are trying to create momentum, we are trying to play and then someone is on the floor again for half an hour.
Enough is enough, so I thought I had to do something about it. Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trust “I’ve tried it many times to go to the fourth official to influence, to say, ‘Are you aware?
Are you aware? Are you aware now? ’ Never ever this season we got the extra time that we deserved.