Arne Slot has heartbreakingly declared that he would “have loved” to bring Diogo Jota on to score the match-winner against Bournemouth, as he was the “first one” he would turn to.Jota was the man for the big moment, a trusted poacher who could turn the game in Liverpool’s favour with one touch off his boot, and Slot felt his absence on Friday.Anfield paid an emotional tribute to Jota and his brother Andre Silva with a pre-match mosaic and banners throughout the Kop, declaring their family would always have a home with them.Mohamed Salah‘s outward show of emotion underlined how raw the grief remains, less than two months after Jota’s tragic death, and Slot heartbreakingly spoke of feeling the No. 20’s absence.With the game tied at 2-2 with 14 minutes of normal time remaining, it was a moment made for Jota to make an impact off the bench, and that is who Slot would have turned to.“Normally, when it was 2-2, I think these two (Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville) know which player I was looking at at that moment,” Slot said during his interview with Sky Sports. • READ: “I wanted to be in the crowd!” – Hugo Ekitike wowed by Anfield atmosphere“I would have loved to bring Diogo Jota on, but now I couldn’t for terrible reasons.“But the fans and the players that were still there did what he did so many times for us in the past.”Slot would later reveal to NBC Sports that he told the players just that after the match.“We’ve spoken for five or six minutes about football, what we should talk about is how impressive and powerful this tribute was,” Slot said. “I’ve been lucky to be here for a year and I’ve heard You’ll Never Walk Alone many times, but the way it was sung today was so, so powerful.“And then how during the game and at the end, our fans, they’ve been so incredible with the tribute they paid and the help they gave the team.“I said to the players afterwards, normally 20 minutes before the end when it was 2-2, the first one I would look at was Diogo.“And now with the help of the fans and our players, we were able to turn the game around as well.“Like I said, the whole story should be how impressive the tribute was. That can only happen at Anfield, I think.”