Liverpool coach Slott talked about the team's current predicament when attending the pre-match press conference.

Sloter said: "If you told me that 40% of the goals we conceded came from set pieces, and 60% of the goals scored in the league came from set pieces, but we were only one point behind them, I would probably think, 'This situation is not that bad.' Of course, for a team that aims to compete, conceding four (set) balls is obviously too many."