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Arne Slot makes worrying title claim after Liverpool's defeat to Man City
Nov 09 2025 20:16 · By Liam Grace · 72 Reads
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Arne Slot’s side are now eighth in the Premier League table, eight points behind Arsenal (Picture: Getty)
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has made a worrying claim about the Premier League title race after his side lost 3-0 to Manchester City .
The Reds could’ve moved up to second with a victory over Pep Guardiola ’s team at the Etihad but their loss leaves them eighth in the top-flight table.
Liverpool won the title last season and were the favourites again for many pundits this term, especially after Slot’s side won their opening five games.
But a shocking dip has seen Liverpool win just one of their last six Premier League matches, with the champions now eight points behind leaders Arsenal .
Speaking after the defeat to City, Slot said: ‘The last thing I should speak about is the title race. We have to focus on getting results.
‘Result after result after result before we can even think about that. The reality is that we are eighth. One team is quite far ahead, although City are now four points away.
‘I said last season, many times, the best way to judge the table is after 38 games. The next best way is to judge it after 19 games. The last thing we should be focusing on is the title race. We have to improve, that’s obvious.’
(Picture: Getty)
(Picture: Getty)
(Picture: Getty)
When Liverpool were 1-0 down, they thought they had equalised via Virgil van Dijk but the goal was ruled out due to Andy Robertson being offside, with the linesman putting his flag up and VAR checking the incident.
Slot is adamant that the officials made the wrong decision as he told the BBC: ‘I cannot agree with the decision being made on that.
Liverpool have only won one of their last six top-flight games (Picture: Getty)
‘For me that is a goal. Immediately after the game people showed me the goal City made away at a Wolves last season.
‘For me, that is a similar one. I was surprised because the first thing you do when you score you look at the linesman – it took 14 seconds before he raised his flag.
‘For me, the wrong decision was given on the pitch and then it was also given in the review.
‘That’s not to say it would have impacted the result because City were much better.’
‘We had a very hard time bringing the ball out from the back and it was difficult to hold on to the ball,’ Slot added.