Published: 22:24, 19 October 2025 | Updated: 22:24, 19 October 2025

Arne Slot hit out at Manchester United's defensive approach after Liverpool slumped to a fourth straight defeat in all competitions with a 2-1 loss at Anfield.

The Dutchman said his side were made to chase the game against a 'low block' and a barrage of 'long balls' after conceding inside 62 seconds to Bryan Mbeumo.

Cody Gakpo drew the hosts level midway through the second half, but Harry Maguire's 84th-minute header condemned the champions to their third successive Premier League defeat.

'It is always difficult to play against a team that defends in a low block and mainly plays the long ball,' Slot told Sky Sports. 

'It makes it even more difficult when you go one down after one minute when one of our players are on the floor.

'If you would have told me before the game that against the low block, against so many long balls, that we would have created as many chances as we did I would have not expected us to lose. But that is what we...