Arne Slot blames Liverpool player for silly mistake that led to Crystal Palace goal

Liverpool suffered their first defeat of the season with a 2-1 loss away at Cystal Palace.

Arne Slot pointed the finger at Jeremie Frimpong following Crystal Palace’s dramatic stoppage-time winner that ended Liverpool’s perfect Premier League start. Eddie Nketiah struck a stunning 97th-minute winner at Selhurst Park to halt Liverpool’s five-match winning run in the top flight. Palace thoroughly deserved their victory after controlling the early exchanges and taking the lead through Ismaila Sarr’s corner conversion.

Alisson produced a series of spectacular stops to keep Liverpool in contention, and the visitors looked to have rescued a point when Federico Chiesa found the net after VAR ruled out any handball by Mohamed Salah. However, Palace snatched all three points from a lengthy throw-in as Liverpool failed to cope with Will Hughes’ knockdown back into the danger zone.

Nketiah showed excellent composure to control before firing past Alisson and sending the home supporters into raptures. Frimpong entered the fray in the 74th minute as Ibrahima Konate’s replacement but was caught beneath the ball as substitute Curtis Jones inadvertently flicked it on.

He allowed Nketiah to escape his attention, with the striker capitalising on the space to rifle his effort beyond Alisson. “We can only blame ourselves for defending the way we did,” declared Slot before alluding to Frimpong’s error.