Simon Jordan has labelled Liverpool boss Arne Slot “entitled” following his comments about Burnley’s approach following Sunday’s last-gasp win.
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The reigning champions had to rely on Mo Salah’s stoppage-time penalty to snatch the three points at Turf Moor on Sunday, having been frustrated by Burnley’s stubborn resistance.
Scott Parker’s men produced a superb rearguard action to deny Liverpool spaces in the key, threatening areas of the pitch, limiting the Reds to very few, if any, clear-cut opportunities – prior to the late penalty.
Slot acknowledged how difficult the Clarets were to break down during his post-match interviews.
Responding to those comments, talkSPORT pundit Jordan accused Slot of making “ridiculous” observations.
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He said: "I listened to Arne Slot the other day, who I like, talking about Burnley and I was thinking: ‘who do you think you are?’
Slot arriving at Turf Moor ahead of Sunday's game (Photo by Matt McNulty/Getty Images)placeholder image
Slot arriving at Turf Moor ahead of Sunday's game (Photo by Matt McNulty/Getty Images)
"Burnley are very difficult to play against when they bank up and don’t give us space. ‘Oh, Burnley’s job is to make it easy for you? It was to open the game up and get spanked so you can go home happy with the fact you’ve won 5-0?’. I thought it was a ridiculous observation and an entitled outlook.”
What did Slot actually say?
He also conceded his side were “lucky” to steal the three points right at the death.
"I know how hard it is to create chances against the team that's with 11 players in their 18-yard box. It's, by the way, very good that they do this because they've almost got a point,” he said.
“I'm not saying anything negative about them, I’m just trying to explain how difficult it is against a Premier League team, because they are they're very good players as well.
"But if they defend with all of them back down and they hardly try to bring the ball out from the back, because a goalkeeper every time plays long and we don't score from a set-piece, then the only thing you can score from is from open play.
"Open play is quite difficult if you have to outplay 11 players in their own 18-yard box. That's what we showed today, so you come close, close, close. But every time there's a foot in between or whatever, and there’s no open chances.
"A draw was probably what we expected throughout the game, but we tried also with the substitutions we made to bring all the players we have that can can attack on the pitch. I think we had six or six in the end. I don't know if that has anything to do with us scoring the goal, but but we did.
"So, relief? Yeah. Lucky.”
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