Arne Slot reveals details of fiery Liverpool meeting after Carabao Cup final defeat | OneFootball

Liverpool manager Arne Slot has warned his side they cannot allow themselves to be outworked in Wednesday's Merseyside derby.

The Reds have used the international break to recompose themselves after a bitterly disappointing showing in the Carabao Cup final defeat to Newcastle United, who made light work of Slot's Premier League champions-elect at Wembley.

It emerged earlier this week that Slot had held a meeting with his squad on Monday to address their poor performance against Newcastle and demand a response when they take on Everton on Wednesday.

Asked for details of his meeting, Slot revealed: "There was definitely a message to the players. They came in ­Saturday and we had the meeting you are talking about [on Monday].

"The message is as simple as it has ­always been: don't accept you are ­outworked by a team, which we were against Newcastle, and if the stakes are so high, that is almost unacceptable - almost. It can happen in a season once or twice but it shouldn't happen many times."

Liverpool were well beaten by Newcastle / Justin Setterfield/GettyImages

Slot did acknowledge that he perhaps did not help his players by making limited changes to the side that went all the way to penalties in the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain just five days before the trip to Wembley, but insisted Liverpool fell short in more than just energy levels.

"[I] show them the work rate they have put in for so many games in a row," Slot continued. "Paris Saint-Germain was a great example of that, so maybe, ­maybe, maybe I made the biggest ­mistake by not rotating enough.

"But I thought there were [five] days in between for Newcastle. They had enough rest but, again, it is too simple to only say we were outworked. We have to give credit to everything Newcastle did because, in the end, we conceded [from] a corner. That is nothing to do with a sprint or tracking back.

"But [the squad meeting] is emphasising on what made us where we are now. For me, that is, apart from quality, an ­incredible work rate every single game we played in the Premier League."