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Man Utd 3-2 Liverpool: What Slot and Szoboszlai said

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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has been speaking after the defeat at Old Trafford: "We weren't able to control their strengths. We were aware of them in terms of set-pieces and counter-attacks. You have to know where to lose the ball if you play against Manchester United, they are really strong when they play into the middle.

They have so many fast players. Bruno Fernandes to hurt you in transition, and that's exactly what happened with the second goal. "We were 2-0 down, we came back in the second-half to 2-2, but then we shut off and immediately conceded the goal.

We had a lot of ball possession in the second half, but one of their strengths is also defending. " On whether there were familiar problems: "I don't think anyone expected us to lose that game at 2-2, or maybe you do after the whole of our season. As I've been shown so many times this season, when we are playing well or we think we are able to win it, we switch off.

"I know what we can improve on and we are already working hard on this. The same issues keep coming back, which isn't a huge surprise as you don't have long to fix it during the season. Tactically you can change certain things, but for me it is clear where we have to improve - and we will.

" On the potential handball from Benjamin Sesko: "If it was a touch, it should've been disallowed. I want to focus on how we conceded that second goal though, because that's where we can do better. " Liverpool goalscorer Dominik Szoboszlai has also been speaking to Sky Sports: "It's not good.