Liverpool boss Arne Slot says his team only have themselves to blame for the 3-2 defeat at Bournemouth despite citing the wind, fixture congestion and injuries after the game. Amine Adli bundled home a last-gasp winner with virtually the last kick to end Liverpool’s 13-game unbeaten run with a seventh defeat of the Premier League campaign.
Liverpool remain fourth after the defeat – 14 points adrift of leaders Arsenal – and could slip out of the Champions League places when Manchester United and Chelsea play on Sunday.
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Highlights from the Premier League clash between Bournemouth and Liverpool
The loss arrived three days after the Reds beat Marseille 3-0 away from home in the Champions League and despite Slot saying “the only ones to blame are ourselves” during his post-match press conference, the Reds boss was quick to criticise the short turnaround between fixtures, leading to his players “running out of energy” on Saturday.”Maybe that sums up our season. Every time something else, it’s every time something special, how we concede but we concede. The only ones to blame are ourselves,” he said.
Slot added: “I think it is safe to say they could’ve scored the 3-2 a little bit earlier. A few players of ours ran out of energy, and I cannot criticise them for that.
“Two days ago, we had to play an away game in Europe. We are the only team that played Champions League that has two days in between.
“After an away game, another away game against one of the most intense teams.”Why Slot and Van Dijk blamed wind for lossAside from fixtures piling up on his injury-laden squad, Slot also referenced the wind in the aftermath of the defeat, along with captain Virgil van Dijk.Van Dijk had an afternoon to forget after failing to clear the ball for Bournemouth’s first goal from Evanilson, playing Alejandro Jimenez onside for the second and then tripping over team-mate Curtis Jones amongst the chaos for Adli’s late winner.
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2026-01-24 21:24:00
