Liverpool Head coach Arne Slot admitted that he had tried to influence referees during matches this season and added that his attempts had been unsuccessful.
Previous Feyenoord The coach talked about wanting to create a siege mentality at Anfield in order to make referees more favorable to his team’s decisions.
“You try to make an impact as much as you can,” Slot said at Tuesday’s news conference. “The mistake I’ve made twice here and once or twice in Holland is that sometimes you think that creating an atmosphere where the whole world is against you can lead to positive decisions at the end of the match.
“But here, so far, in Chelsea game and Fulham The score remained unchanged for the entire 90 minutes. It wasn’t like I was trying to influence the situation a little and the referee suddenly gave us one or two free kicks.
“No, he just kept the whole game the same. I know it doesn’t work, but sometimes you think, “Can I influence this a little?” But it didn’t help at all.”
Slot took over at Anfield from Jurgen Klopp in the summer and will be banned from playing on the touchline during Liverpool’s clash with Liverpool Southampton on Wednesday in Carabao Cup after earning three bookings this season.
The Dutch coach said his disciplinary history was different from his normal behavior, although he added that he could react emotionally during matches.
“You always wonder, but I think I’m generally calm,” he said. “I don’t know if it’s wise to say this, but for me there are limits, let’s put it that way. Then I can get emotional and unfortunately that limit can only be reached through the decisions of the referees or the decisions made by my players.”
Sipke Hulshoff, Slot’s first assistant, will lead the coaching staff on the bench against Southampton as they look to bounce back from defeat 5-0 Down Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday and fire the head coach Russell Martin.
