Arne Slot gestures during the match between Brentford and Liverpool at the Gtech Community Stadium(Image: GLYN KIRK/AFP via Getty Images)

Unhappy Arne Slot admits Liverpool’s dismal loss at Brentford represents the biggest disappointment of his Anfield reign. The Reds slipped to a fourth successive Premier League defeat for the first time since February 2021 when they were beaten 3-2 at the Gtech Community Stadium on Saturday evening.

Dango Ouattara capitalised on a long throw early on and Kevin Schade put Brentford in control before Milos Kerkez pulled one back for the visitors on the stroke of half-time.

However, a controversial penalty tucked away by Igor Thiago after Virgil van Dijk was adjudged to have fouled Ouattara inside the area rendered Mohamed Salah's late strike as mere consolation and left Liverpool down in sixth place.

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And asked if the performance was the biggest disappointment of his tenure, Slot - whose side had won 5-1 at Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League in midweek - said: “Yes, I think it’s up there in my time here in terms...