Arne Slot acknowledged that Liverpool needs to address their tendency to concede late goals in order to salvage their troubled season following a disappointing 2-1 loss to bottom-of-the-table Wolves on Tuesday.

Slot's team fell behind to Rodrigo Gomes' goal with 12 minutes remaining at Molineux before Mohamed Salah's equalizer seemed to secure a point for the Reds.

Liverpool's Achilles' heel of giving up goals in the final moments haunted them once again as Andre's shot deflected past goalkeeper Alisson Becker.

Liverpool has now lost five games in the Premier League this season due to goals conceded in the 90th minute, the most by any team in a single campaign in the history of the competition.

Slot urged his players to rectify their late-game collapses to salvage what has been one of Liverpool's most disappointing seasons in history.

"We hardly gave away chances, didn't create much, but still ended up losing 2-1," said Slot, who spent around £450 million ($601 million) on new signings before the season.

"We are losing too many matches and dropping points. Is it once again in stoppage time that we conceded?

"The three losses in the last 22 games all came in stoppage time."

Liverpool suffered their first defeat in five games across all competitions, allowing sixth-placed Chelsea the opportunity to overtake them with a victory over Aston Villa on Wednesday.

Struggling for cohesion throughout a challenging season, Slot criticized Liverpool's careless defending and inefficient finishing in a match that exposed their weaknesses on both ends of the pitch.

"A bad result, far from a good first half, better second half. In the second half, there was more urgency, getting closer to scoring, then conceding when they first entered our box," Slot remarked.

"We responded immediately, hit the post first, then with Mo, and we were twice close to scoring a winner.

"In the end, we conceded from a deflected shot, which wasn't even a clear chance."

'Slow, Predictable, and Sloppy'

Liverpool became the first reigning champions to lose to the Premier League's bottom club since Chelsea fell to Crystal Palace in 2017.

This defeat adds to a series of setbacks in a turbulent season for Liverpool, who currently sit in fifth place after a disappointing defense of their last season's title.

Their qualification for the next season's Champions League is far from certain, and doubts are arising about Slot's future.

The Dutchman, once a hero at Anfield, has overseen a string of lackluster performances devoid of the flair and excitement the club's supporters expect.

Liverpool will have a chance for redemption when they face Wolves again in an FA Cup fifth-round match on Friday.

"Yeah, which is a positive thing because we have a point to prove on Friday," Slot stated.

Virgil van Dijk, the Liverpool captain, admitted that the team had only themselves to blame for the defeat.

Van Dijk was caught off guard in the build-up to Wolves' first goal and missed a golden opportunity to put Liverpool ahead before Andre's decisive strike.

"I believe it's our own fault. The performance was slow, predictable, sloppy in possession, and with wrong decision-making," he remarked.

"We didn't give away many chances, but when you perform like that, results like this can happen, and that's the reality. It was disappointing."

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