Arne Slot cut a depressed figure after a bright week, but the Liverpool -Baas did not agree that the winners of the Carabao Cup Newcastle had been 'hunger' than his team to win the trophy.
For the first time in his career, Slot lost two games in a row, with gloomy defeats by Paris Saint-Germain and Newcastle, which means that the prospect would win three trophies this season.
But the Liverpool -Baas refused to concentrate on the negatives and pointed to the fact that his team moved 12 points from Arsenal in the past week.
Slot said: 'It took us seven months to lose twice in a row and it happened against two teams – one fights for Champions League places and the other is PSG.
'At the moment PSG is probably the best team in Europe, but I want to make clear, the week started really well through our Southampton, so the lead is 12 points. You know that if you continue to tournaments, the opposition will become stronger and stronger. And even Liverpool can lose games.
'It is 70 years since they last won a trophy (Newcastle), but that is for the fans. The players have 15 years to play football and they want to win every trophy for which they play, and that is what we want.
'They got some extra energy with the goal that they probably deserved, so I don't think there was more hunger for them. The game went the way they wanted. '
Asked if the shortcomings of Liverpool were physical or mental, Slot replied: 'Mentally is always difficult to assess. We were [at it] On Tuesday? No, but this was a game that had nothing to do with running, so you couldn't judge if we were tired.
“There was nothing to press because they played over our press. Many set pieces. The game was slow, not intense, so it's hard to judge if we were physically ready.
'Mentally, I'd rather look at how the game went exactly the way they wanted – with many duels and a lot through the air.
“If we play 10 football matches through the air, they win nine times, which led to the first goal and the second.”
Liverpool only plays again in April due to the international break. But lock wishes that he could be back to work immediately and added: 'We are one of the largest clubs in the world, but it is not the first time they have lost two games in a row. I would like to play next week. '
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