Arne Slot issues message to Liverpool fans after Dominik Szoboszlai tantrum

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Yet Slot does not yet feel the tide has turned.“We don’t want them to leave early – we have to perform better. That’s the first thing,” the ex-Feyenoord boss said when asked if he had a message for the fans.“And we have to show now that we react after a loss like this and after so many disappointments we already had this season.Slot was hugely disappointed by Liverpool's FA Cup exit against Manchester City(Image: Getty Images)“The good thing is the fans have always been supportive, even today; during large spells of the first half they were very loud, before the game they were very loud.“So, it’s up to us not only to react for them but also to ourselves.

And that’s what we need to do on Wednesday, when we again face a very good team, where we again need to play as we did in the first 35 minutes. But in moments of defending, we need to be much more ruthless than we’ve been today.”Dominik Szoboszlai made unwanted headlines after the game when he seemed to gesticulate to a fan in the crowd and had to be led away by Federico Chiesa, while he also claimed that Liverpool lacked "fighting spirit."Dominik Szoboszlai was involved in a confrontation with a Liverpool fan(Image: Getty Images)“I should ask him what he means – what he means and what period of time,” Slot said, when asked about those remarks.

And I think after they scored the 1-0, we were still in the game.“But then we had a throw-in, twice we conceded when we had a throw-in. Yeah, that is something that we definitely have to do better on Wednesday.”