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SLOT SLAMS "STUPID" EKITIKE AS REDS DOWN SAINTS!
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Reds boss Arne Slot speaks to the media after Liverpool booked their place in the next round of the Carabao Cup after a 2-1 win over Southampton.
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00:00:53
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Richard.
Discipline in Football: The Case of Hugo Ekotike
00:00:55
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Hi Anna, just wondering if I'd start with Hugo Ekotike, your reaction obviously to the goal but also with the sending off, you always talk last season about how you have to make sure you don't go down to 10 men, so did it feel needless, did it feel stupid, how did you feel about it?
Liverpool's Culture of Respect
00:01:15
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I would prefer to start with something positive, which is not positive, but but the tribute we gave Matt Beard was, I think, um of Liverpool standards. So, how the fans always do this is something that makes me proud to represent this club. How we always find a way to be so respectful for people that have done so much for our club.
00:01:41
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So, um
00:01:44
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And then we go immediately, because of your question, to the last minutes of the game.
The Consequences of Losing Emotional Control
00:01:48
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Where you go, got a second yellow card. That is, what were your two words? just think it was needless Did you think it was That was needless, yes. and Did you think it was a bit stupid? And it was stupid. Yeah, yeah it was.
00:02:03
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So I can... and The first one was already needless and to a certain extent stupid because you have to control your emotions. and I know how hard it is if you play Premier League or every league in the world if you are number nine.
00:02:17
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Then the other ah the defender can almost do everything he wants. And then when you <unk>pu a little bit if you push him a little bit, then you get a free kick against you. But it's always the best to control your emotions. And if you cannot control your emotions, do it a way that it doesn't lead to a yellow card.
00:02:33
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So, I think I said when I got so my red card against Everton, that's always stupid. Because it is ah you can show your emotions, but if it leads to a yellow or red card, then it's then it's stupid.
00:02:45
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And that's what happened in
Goal Celebrations: Humility vs. Glory
00:02:47
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the first yellow. And then I told him as well, and I've said it to numerous media already, if you score in the Champions League final in 87 minutes after outplaying three players and hitting it in the top corner,
00:03:00
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I can maybe understand that you are like, ah this is all about me, what did I do? But I'm old fashioned, I'm 47 and old maybe. And I haven't played on this level, but I did score a few goals and if I would have scored a goal like this, I would have turned around and walked up to, in this situation, Federico Chiesa and said, this goal is all about you.
00:03:23
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this is This is not about me. um So, yeah. Needless, not smart, you call it stupid. I call it stupid, by the way, as well.
00:03:42
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Yeah.
Player Emotions and Injury Severity
00:03:46
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How's Leonie? Of course, ah he's down, he's down, with sit yeah. um Because... For him, it didn't feel good immediately, but this is something now we have to... How do you say Do research on or... Assess.
00:04:05
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And normally these things don't happen in ah and and and five to ten minutes. You have to wait for tomorrow to see how he comes in and then maybe do an MRI scan to know more about serious it is. is but But normally the emotions of a player tell you a lot.
00:04:24
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I saw during the weekend a player in the Dutzeria Divisie who went out completely in tears and he felt himself what was also a Rui Verbumo, and by the way, PSV.
00:04:36
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And a day later it proved to be that he was right. But let's hope for the best. the It's not his shoulder. It's not his shoulder.
Federico's Impact and Team Contributions
00:04:46
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yeah no
00:04:50
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and just You mentioned Federico and his involvement in that second goal. Second half tonight, he was he was everywhere really driving the team up the pitch. What did you make of his own role at the home? I think what you want to see.
00:05:02
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So I can accept completely that a team that plays for the first time together, players that haven't played for a long time, that they don't play as a team perfect. But what I always want to see is players that try and work hard. So I said at half-time, for me, it's completely not a coincidence that Federico picked the ball and assisted on the first, because he was the one, in my opinion, that was mostd most involved in the game, tried the most, worked the hardest.
00:05:28
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And then it wasn't a coincidence again that he was the man that made a deep run. Great ball by Robbo, by the way, who also has won so much at this club and also understands how to play this game. Not underestimated, just always be ready to play.
00:05:43
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And that's also the way to get yourself either back in the team or get as much playing minutes as you want.
Individual Performances: Satisfaction and Dissatisfaction
00:05:49
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That's why I was happy with a few individual performance buts performances, but far from happy from a few other individual performances.
00:05:59
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Can you elaborate on Anthony McLaughlin? No, but I think these players, who I mean, I think they know already.
Amin's First Goal and Record Signing Pressure
00:06:09
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How is Amin to get that first goal?
00:06:14
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moment Yeah, it's nice. because it's only six or seven days ago when he made his debut. I just asked, was it two weeks ago that we played Burnley? He said, no, it's only one week ago. So time goes so fast that sometimes you don't know understand how long it took.
00:06:32
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But we we got him not in the best circumstances in terms of match fitness. So we have to build it up and the downside to that is that you cannot play a player 90 minutes and if you only play him 45 or or again like today 45, it might then normally take a while before he scores his first goal because we can all understand you play a player three times 90, it's a bigger chance that he scores a goal than when you play him 45, 30, 45.
00:06:57
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and He's the record ah British record signing and there's hardly anyone talks about this, so maybe it's smart for me to talk about this.
00:07:09
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ah So there will be that pressure on if it takes a while before he scores a goal because he's the record British signing. and No one says this, so I repeat it um So, yeah, I think the best way the best moment to start to see where he is and how how much he can help us. You can already see that he can help us, but the best when he comes back, hopefully from the Swedish national team, when he stayed fit, played there many minutes, plays for us in the upcoming weeks, a few minutes.
00:07:37
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Then I think after that, then his preseason has ended and we can expect even more from him. but But till now, I'm very happy with what I've seen from him.
00:07:50
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thank you
00:07:55
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Mm.