Liverpool manager Arne Slot accused Arsenal of wasting time during the 2-2 draw between the Premier League title contenders on Sunday afternoon.

The Gunners took an early lead at the Emirates Stadium through Bukayo Saka before Virgil van Dijk and Mikel Merino got on the scoresheet. They then lost Gabriel Magalhaes and Jurrien Timber to injuries and Mohamed Salah struck in the 81st minute to earn the visitors a point.

The build-up in the Arsenal camp was dominated by their injury issues and Slot said after the draw he felt the opposition players sapped energy from the game by spending too much time on the floor, which led to his own booking.

He said: “Last time I said I completely deserved a yellow card. This time, I don’t think I did.

“There were so many times that they were on the floor, which can happen so many times in football.

“I don’t blame them for that but it always happened after they had ball possession. That took the energy out of the game in my opinion. So I said to [Ibrahima Konate]: ‘This is a f*****g joke,’ and the fourth official thought I said to him ‘you are a f*****g joke’; but that’s definitely not what I said.

“But I got a yellow for that and now I’m on two and I have to be careful.”

Slot was also yellow carded in last week’s victory over Chelsea and one more caution will see the Dutchman hit with a touchline ban.

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