Arne Slot was not happy with the actions of Gabriel Martinelli during Liverpool's 0-0 draw with Arsenal tonight in the Premier League.
The 24-year old was seen shoving Liverpool right-back Conor Bradley who was down on the floor suffering an apparent injury.
Speaking with Sky Sports after the game, Slot spoke on the incident.
“I think if a player of ours is on the floor, people might know by now that there is something wrong with the player and I think you could see this. You don’t like to see a player moved if I he might have such a big injury.
I didn’t like seeing one of my players being moved if he might have such an injury. We don’t know yet but he might be [injured].”
Slot talked about the potential injury to Bradley when asked about what is possible for Liverpool this season. He said: "Don’t forget the FA Cup, which is the next game coming up.
"Let’s first hope that the injuries they come back as soon as possible, but I am afraid that another injury has come up today. Let’s hope for the best but I fear the worst for Bradley.”
Liverpool's encouraging performance against the league leaders
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 8: Bukayo Saka of Arsenal fails to find a route past Conor Bradley, Milos Kerkez, Ibrahima Konate and Alexis Mac Allister of Liverpool during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Liverpool at Emirates Stadium on January 8, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)
Liverpool put up a spirited performance in this game. It was a fixture that not many predicted them to win, given their form of both teams this season and lack of wins at the Emirates Stadium in recent years. Slot spoke on the team's fight shown in the game.
“Yeah I think we did in the first half, they were the team that played most in our half, it led to a few chances.
“In the second half, it was exactly the opposite, where we dominated ball possession for most of the whole 45 minutes played in their half.
“You were hoping to create more chances, but against an Arsenal team that has such a great moment, to put a performance like this it is something I am very positive about.
“I think there were spells in the first half where we showed how good we are with ball possession.
“Even in the first half, our biggest chance of the game came from 15, 20 passes in a row.
“I saw a lot of good moments in the second half. In the first half, the way defended in the second was better than the first half, we had to amend a few details.
“It was constantly three against two we had to defend. I think we did that better in the second half than the first half which made it even more difficult for them to get in the positions they did in the first.
“In combination with us being good on the ball, I am maybe in the end still a little disappointed we didn’t win, but a good performance.”
A step forward for the team?
LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 8: Jeremie Frimpong of Liverpool in action with Gabriel Magalhaes of Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Liverpool at Emirates Stadium on January 8, 2026 in London, England. (Photo by Marc Atkins/Getty Images)
Slot was also asked about whether this was a step forward for the team against the league leaders.
“I’ve said 150 times already, against certain playing styles we are a very good team and against other playing styles we struggle. Maybe you could even see that today, although people are now positive that we kept the ball so long, but against the low block of Arsenal we struggled to create chances.
“That is something we would like to do better but in all the big games we played this season, except maybe for City away although there was a big incident that went against us just before half time.
"For all the other games, we showed we can compete against any team but against low blocks we have struggled that is one of the reasons we are so many points behind them and of course it is good that we show going into the second half of the season that we can compete with any team in England and also in Europe.”
For Liverpool, they face Barnsley next in the FA Cup on Monday before a home game against Burnley.