Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, has admitted he tried to influence referees during matches this season.
However, the Dutchman claims his attempts have not worked.
Speaking to the media on Wednesday, Slot spoke about trying to create a siege mentality at Anfield in order to make officials give the team more favourable calls.
“You try to influence as much as you can,” he said.
“The mistake I have made two times already here, and one or two times in Holland, is sometimes you think that creating an atmosphere that the whole world is against you can lead to some positive decisions at the end of the game.
“But here, until now, in the Chelsea game and the Fulham game for the whole 90 minutes it stayed the same. It wasn’t like after I tried to influence things a bit, the referee all of a sudden gave us one or two free kicks.
“No, he just kept the whole game the same. I know that it doesn’t work, but sometimes you think: ‘Can I influence that a bit?’ But it didn’t help at all.”
EPL: I tried to influence referees – Liverpool manager, Slot
