Why Arne Slot stayed “shocked” in the dramatic finale for Mohamed Sarah’s penalty to beat Burnley

However, even if he stepped up to take a pressure spot kick, the slot still couldn’t believe the time added at the end of the game.

“I’ve really settled down so badly because I was shocked to see that the time was added after 90 minutes,” Slot told Sky Sports.

“I was still in shock when I got the penalty because I couldn’t believe the extra five minutes of time, so I was shocked, then the happy Mo (Sara) got the penalty.”

There was no complaints that the slots were only added at least 5 minutes at the end of the second half.

Liverpool enjoyed 81% possession in the victory, and Burnley was unable to register a shot on the target.

Nevertheless, Slot admitted that his side needed “luck” to ultimately destroy their host.

“Praise to Burnley for the way they defended,” Slot told the BBC Match that day. “It was hard to find an opening and we were approaching a few times, and if we had won the game, we might have been open, but we didn’t, so they did the same thing.

“We had to wait until the end phase of the second half and we got what we wanted in the final stage.

“It could fall the way you want it to, but it was difficult because they had a player behind the ball. We needed a moment of luck, or a moment of magic.

“We didn’t have magic, but we had luck. You’re trying to make it even more difficult, but they were strong.”

Burnley’s manager Scott Parker was also impressed by the way his team defended, calling the climax into a “heartbreaking” match.

And the British head coach admitted that the penalty is correct by game law, but he expressed his frustration that defenders must learn to defend with “the hand behind the back of the hand.”

“The game ends in a truly heartbreaking way for us, and that’s what it is,” Parker said.

“It’s handball. Under the law of that, it’s handball. We have to change the technique of protecting things with the back hand. But I’m really proud of the team.

“I was in the arena. I know how fast things move. His body action was spinning and his arms disappeared. The ball probably came at 80 mph and that was a hit.

“Hannibal’s only learning is that he has to train with the back hand.”

Despite playing 19 minutes in a 2-0 loss to Kosovo, Slot claimed he still needed more time on the training ground as his new striker missed out on the preseason summer.

“You choose for good reasons, for good arguments. That choice is because he missed four months in team training,” Slot explained.

“He’s the second or third week of the preseason. We gave him the right week, and I think he’ll get 10 or 15 more minutes in our Wednesday game. That’s how we build him up.

“He needs proper playing time, but he has a good foundation so you need to build him.”