Liverpool manager Arne Slot has confessed to attempting to sway referees during matches this season, but he asserts that his efforts have been unsuccessful.
In a press conference on Wednesday, the Dutchman discussed his strategy of fostering a siege mentality at Anfield in hopes of garnering more favorable decisions from officials.
“You try to influence as much as you can,” Arne Slot said.
“The mistake I have made two times already here, and one or two times in Holland, is sometimes you think that creating an atmosphere that the whole world is against you can lead to some positive decisions at the end of the game.
“But here, until now, in the Chelsea game and the Fulham game for the whole 90 minutes it stayed the same. It wasn’t like after I tried to influence things a bit, the referee all of a sudden gave us one or two free kicks.
“No, he just kept the whole game the same. I know that it doesn’t work, but sometimes you think: ‘Can I influence that a bit?’ But it didn’t help at all.”
