Liverpool manager Arne Slot said the referee was correct to add only three minutes of stoppage time at the end of their 2-1 win over Everton on Saturday and dismissed suggestions his side had been time wasting.

Everton manager David Moyes described the amount of added time as "very strange," while Jack Grealish said the Premier League leaders were "trying to slow the game down at times".

The Everton winger was booked after the final whistle for confronting the referee.

Liverpool had taken a 2-0 lead through first-half goals from Ryan Gravenberch and Hugo Ekitike but Idrissa Gueye's second-half strike set up a tense final as Everton pressed hard for an equaliser.

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