There was a interval initially of the second half when it appeared like a matter of time earlier than Liverpool would add a second objective to Florian Wirtz’s first-half strike.

From the Kop got here the well-known chant that goes “A staff that performs the Liverpool method”.

It was hardly heavy metallic soccer, however after weeks of struggling to interrupt down low blocks, Liverpool had been enjoying with some added impetus and getting in behind the Burnley backline.

Wirtz got here shut once more earlier than Cody Gakpo had an effort cleared off the road however, out of nowhere, Burnley discovered a leveller by means of Marcus Edwards to silence Anfield.

“I would not say we switched off however we did not convey the ball out from the again,” mentioned Slot. “That’s a part of soccer. It sums up a big a part of our season and immediately was one other instance of that.”

In hindsight, had Dominik Szoboszlai transformed his first-half penalty this sport may have had a unique final result however, no matter that miss, Liverpool ought to have put it to mattress properly earlier than Burnley equalised.

“It is not the primary time. It’s normally irritating,” Slot mentioned. “They arrive in numerous fashions. Typically it’s that we’re scoring a objective in stoppage time and also you anticipate to win the sport and then you definately concede one other objective in stoppage time.

“However yeah, in soccer, one staff can have two probabilities – one was nearly an personal objective by us – and rating one objective whereas the opposite staff has a number of probabilities and scores only one objective as properly.”

It’s now 12 video games unbeaten however the damning factor for Liverpool is that on this run of 4 consecutive league attracts, they need to have received at the very least three.

Apart from the draw at Arsenal, they’ve dropped factors at residence to Leeds and Burnley and couldn’t maintain on to a lead at Fulham regardless of scoring within the 94th minute.

These further six factors alone would have put Liverpool on 42 factors, seven factors .away from Manchester United in fifth and one level behind Manchester Metropolis and Aston Villa, who’re second and third.

“We have now dropped far too many factors once we did not need to and we hardly obtained some extent once we deserved much less,” mentioned Slot. “The one one guilty is ourselves.”

On the very least, Liverpool can sit up for having ahead Mohamed Salah again over the approaching days.

Salah additionally missed a penalty within the shootout throughout Egypt’s third-place play-off defeat by Nigeria on the Africa Cup of Nations and can return to Merseyside over the approaching days.

With journeys to Marseille and Bournemouth developing over the following week, there may be little doubt that having their talisman again can solely be a optimistic for Liverpool.