""It's always a blow to lose a game of football, especially if it leads to going out of a competition," Slot said. "But it's the same selection I did tonight as I did last season in rounds like this. There are many reasons maybe why we've lost six out of seven. None of them are good enough to accept losing so many. So I can come up with arguments or reasons, but none of them will be enough. Because at Liverpool, losing five or six, six or seven is always too much.""
""If you're on a run of results like this, if you play for Liverpool, if you manage Liverpool, you know the pressure is there. And I don't think it has changed much after this loss, but if it did, then the most positive thing about tonight was that the position we were in at 2-0 down and we weren't really pushing for a goal. The fans were behind the team, were supporting us and that gives me the feeling that Saturday when our players will show how much it means to them, our fans will be incredibly supportive.""
Liverpool have lost six of their past seven matches in all competitions and suffered a 3-0 Carabao Cup defeat to Crystal Palace at Anfield, with goals from Ismaïla Sarr and Yeremy Pino. Arne Slot rested senior players and made 10 changes from the Brentford line-up, using a selection similar to last season's early-round ties. Slot described the run as unacceptable and acknowledged that pressure on the club remains. Fans continued to support the team despite a 2-0 deficit. Ryan Gravenberch is close to returning to fitness for the weekend, while Alexander Isak remains sidelined with a groin problem.
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