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Slot: If you've watched Liverpool this season then Fulham draw cannot be a surprise

Slot: If you've watched Liverpool this season then Fulham draw cannot be a surprise
Slot: If you've watched Liverpool this season then Fulham draw cannot be a surpriseX.com

Liverpool boss Arne Slot admits their 2-2 draw with Fulham came as no surprise to him.

After coming from behind to lead 2-1 thanks to Cody Gakpo's strike four minutes into injury-time, Harrison Reed hit a long range equaliser just moments later to secure Fulham a 2-2 draw on Sunday.

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Slot reflected afterwards: "I think if you are not a part of Liverpool and you don't follow us every game then you think you win it. But unfortunately, I am experiencing this for months now that the first chance the other team gets and the only chance they got in the first half led to a goal.

"That's one thing we usually see with us. The second thing we see a lot is that that the other team scores a goal you don't expect in extra time, so this is then a surprise.

"We showed great resilience from the start if you miss out on so many attacking options and you come here against Fulham. They are a good team having good ideas about football and we hardly conceded a chance against them. I think they had one other chance in the second half when we maybe messed it up a little bit ourselves when they had a chip on the bar. But for the rest I think we controlled the game and yes, I would love us to create more from our ball possession.

"I can tell you this. My philosophy of football hasn't changed this year compared to all the seasons I was a manager before. But we have to do it with the players that are available. I think today 11 very good football players were on the pitch. Maybe not all of them in their normal position."

On Liverpool dropping too deep for Reed's equaliser, Slot agreed.

He added: "That is true, but we've conceded throw-ins and set-pieces quite a lot this season. We have a certain set-up, which the players did, and if the long throw comes in, I think we had the box very well covered.

"Ideally indeed when then they don't take it long, we come out earlier and faster, but you have to give credit to that incredible strike as well because what are the odds that a ball from over there goes in? I don't think a lot. I think xG-wise this is not a big chance, but we do concede."

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