Liverpool boss Arne Slot insists he was not having a pop at Manchester United’s tactics (Picture: Getty Images)Arne Slot insists he was not criticising Manchester United for their style of play after the Red Devils beat Liverpool at Anfield, in fact he was handing them a compliment.Ruben Amorim’s side pulled off an upset on Sunday, with an early goal from Bryan Mbeumo and a late winner from Harry Maguire securing a huge 2-1 victory for his side.It was Liverpool’s fourth defeat on the spin, in all competitions, and Slot sounded frustrated after the latest loss.His side created plenty of chances in the game, but only found the back of the net once through Cody Gakpo, with the Dutchman seemingly having a pop at Amorim’s set-up.Speaking to the BBC after the loss at Anfield, he said: ‘It is always difficult to play against a team that defends in a low block and mainly plays the long ball.Get personalised updates on Manchester United every dayWake up to find news on your club in your inbox every morning with Metro’s Football Newsletter.Sign up to our newsletter and then select your team in the link so we can send you football news tailored to you.‘It makes it even more difficult when you go one down after one minute when one of our players are on the floor.‘If you would have told me before the game that against the low block, against so many long balls, that we would have created as many chances as we did I would have not expected us to lose. But that is what we did.FBL-ENG-PR-LIVERPOOL-MAN UTDSlot’s side fell to fourth in the table with defeat to Man Utd (Picture: Getty Images)‘We had enough chances to score more than one goal, but on the other hand again conceding two and one of the two was the set piece.’The Reds brought their losing run to an end in emphatic fashion on Wednesday night with a 5-1 win at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League and Slot responded to claims that he had been somewhat salty in defeat to Manchester United.‘We faced a team that had their game plan very well in order,’ Slot told TNT Sports. ‘There was a bit of a debate over what I said after the game, but it was meant to be a compliment… so, they had a low block and played a lot of long balls. I was asked why it was difficult, and that was the reason.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot responds to criticism over Man Utd comments
