Liverpool suffered their 10th league defeat of the season.
Arne Slot commented on the impact of the loss.
The defeat should be a significant setback for the team.
Liverpool faces a difficult period in the league.
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Arne Slot says it is "not his job to come up with excuses" after Liverpool suffered their 10th defeat of the Premier League season, but highlighted his side’s injury problems, fixture pile-up and the players the club has sold.
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Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈaːrənt mɑrˈtɛin ˈɑrnə ˈslɔt]; born 17 September 1978) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Premier League club Liverpool.
Slot played as a midfielder for FC Zwolle, where he won the Eerste Divisie in 200...
Liverpool is a port city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, 178 miles (286 km) north-west of London. It had a population of 508,961 in 2024 and is the administrative, cultural and economic centre of the Liver...
Arne Slot blames latest Liverpool defeat on injury problems, fixture pile-up and club's transfer policy Liverpool were beaten 2-1 by Brighton in their 10th Premier League defeat of the season; Arne Slot is under pressure to secure Champions League spot; Hugo Ekitike went off injured with Mo Salah and Alisson out; Slot says injuries, fixtures and players sales contribute to poor season Saturday 21 March 2026 17:06, UK Arne Slot says it is "not his job to come up with excuses" after Liverpool suffered their 10th defeat of the Premier League season, but highlighted his side’s injury problems, fixture pile-up and the players the club has sold. Danny Welbeck's double earned Brighton a 2-1 victory and inflicted another loss on Slot's side at the Amex Stadium on Saturday, just days after the Reds delivered their "best performance of the season" against Galatasaray in the Champions League. Hugo Ekitike was forced off with a dead leg in eighth minute on the south coast, adding to Liverpool's injury problems with Mo Salah and Alisson sidelined having started the midweek tie. Brighton 2-1 Liverpool | As it happened | Teams | Stats Live Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlights Got Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone 📱 Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 Saturday's defeat saw Liverpool miss the opportunity to climb above Aston Villa into fourth place. Slot admitted Brighton deserved to win but Liverpool's position was not good enough "no matter how many excuses I can come up with". "What went wrong started off with the lead-up to this game, as so many times this season when we played a very good game and we thought we could bring that level to the first game or even better," he said. "We had Mo Salah injured, we had Alisson injured, and after two minutes Hugo Ekitike out. That has happened so many times to us this season and again now. And what happened a lot this season is also that the first chance of the other team immediate...
