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ARNE SLOT POST-MATCH PRESS CONFERENCE
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Reds boss Arne Slot speaks to the media after Liverpool's 2-1 win over Everton at Anfield on Saturday.
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Intense Match and Strategic Planning
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um that
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for
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I know you didn't have to wait until the final few minutes to win it today, but there was still lot of tension out there later on. How did you see it? That there was tension later on. So it was again, we needed mentality today in a different fashion maybe than the few times before.
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But we always knew how difficult of a game this would this would be, let alone if you have just if you have proper preparation time. But if you played your third game in less than seven days against against your rivals, and then you know that the second half could be very tough. And that's why I made my lineups throughout the week as I did for the players to be ready for this one, because this was the most intense from the three. We knew this before.
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And you could see how well we can play if you if we are fresh. First 45 minutes, unbelievable the way we played. But the second half was more difficult because of Everton, of course, but also because we ran a bit out of energy, but we didn't run out of mentality.
Importance of Squad Depth
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Those four changes that you made shows the strength of the squad that you have. How pleasing is it then to come through these... Three intense games with three victories. Yeah, but yeah that this is also the reason why teams like us, Chelsea, or all the ones that are playing in Europe need a squad like this because you need to play so many games. So, it's again, it's not an excuse. We have to accept it as it is.
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um But we do have had some issues with Alexander-Isak not training for four months. McAllister missing out a lot. ah Now I can go on and on and on, but the good thing is I do have the options to rotate throughout the week.
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And the ones that played three times 90 are Virgil, Ibu, Mo, Ryan and Dom, the ones that are used to this intensity at this level. and And again, they showed up really good.
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won't be seeing them on Tuesday. I can tell you now you won't be seeing them on Tuesday. now If that's any help for Southampton, then they already know.
Ryan's Impactful Performance
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Can just ask you about Ryan? Because obviously a great goal and assist, but it just feels like we can't get his turn in just really consistent performance.
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Yeah, as he did last season. So I think it's for every player the same. You need a ah team around you ah to to show how good you are. And I know we have a lot of good players, like just mentioned.
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And Ryan, both both goals were... Similar ah similar area that we attacked with first with Ryan, second time with with Hugo, with the pace these two have.
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And like I said, first half, it was a joy to watch. um Although we a little bit of a warning just before half time when maybe the first shot on target, I'm not sure. but and And second half, you could see...
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That's always the difficult thing of conceding the 2-1. If you're already 2-0 up, then you're a bit in doubt maybe.
Adapting to Maintain Competitiveness
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Normally, we're not in doubt. Normally, we always just keep on attacking. But yeah, I've said enough about our schedule you will now and that reason.
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But again, i think we had better chances to score the third than they had to score the second. which um with ryan i think I think he said in an interview on TV that he's...
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yeah giving him a bit more freedom to get forward more He's got Premier League goal last season, he's got two already. With the goal and assist, he's shown his quality in the final third as well.
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Tell us about that that plan to get in board with him. I think this is the evolution of a team. You should constantly try to do different things. You try to keep what's really good, but but but yeah other teams try to adjust to us as well. So, ah we need to constantly evolve. Is that the right word? Evolve.
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And apart from that, we we have different players now than we had last season. So and sometimes you were adjust a little bit also by the quality of the players you have now compared to the ones we had last season.
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So yes, he has, ah yeah i wouldn't say freedom, but he has the moments that he can that cant help the attack. But that has a lot to do with the way the other team presses and the way, of this is a long story, but but so yeah, he has a bit more freedom.
Improving Critical Game Management
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like A silly question yeah with a 100% record, but would you like your team to manage games any better or is that kind of impossible with the intensity of Premier League?
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I think we manage the game really well, but we don't manage some moments really well. So this was also the thing I said before the game. there' There's a lot to like, but we have to understand that a moment can change momentum.
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And this is what happened against Bournemouth, where we're 2-0 up. It was our game, but a silly trick. We conceded They set pieces against Newcastle.
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Conceding just before half-time against the Lidicomberit when we played so well also in the first half. the So we have to understand that maybe we... No, we have to understand that that a moment can change the game. No matter how well you play, no matter what you do, always fight.
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for those moments and this is where we can improve a little bit but we managed the game in general really well. I don't think they had any chance after they scored the 2-1 but it always feels a bit a difficult if you're only 2-1 up.
Ryan's Development Spotlight
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Can I please ask you one more question about Ryan. He's picked up two goals and two assists yet and that's far better than last season. He seems to be so comfortable in this more advanced road and possession you've never substituted him in all the gains think that says a lot you just tell me about his development recently and also about his personality because he seems never to want to meet with spot
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No, maybe not off the pitch, but on the pitch he does like the spotlight. But yeah the the thing is that I was planning to take him off after 60 minutes, but then we conceded a goal.
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And I think he took the spotlights mainly because of his attacking things he does. But I also see, and maybe you guys as well, how much he runs off the ball, how many times he's there to help out Conor when he's in the 2-3-1 situation. And the same for Dominic Saboslay, the amount of spins they make,
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to help Conor, but a bit Mo Salah as well, because because of that we can leave Mo a bit more forward and get the best out of Mo also.
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So yeah, he's he's done very well. and Now it's been maybe a bit more in the spotlight because he has these goals and assists, but even if he wouldn't have had that, he would have still played really well. But it's also nice that after six games there's something more positive than there is last season.
Hugo's Adaptation and Team Dynamics
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since another goal for hugo today there's Obviously a lot of talk about Alexander Ezek the last few weeks, but how impressed have you been with Hugo so far in his all-round game as well as goals?
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Of course, impressed, but to to the extent that we knew what we what we brought in. So like any other team in this league, every team has two number nines. You can see this at Everton today as well.
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We have two number nines of excellent quality, like our competitors have as well. um And now it's really a good thing because Hugo is definitely not ready coming from...
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a different league, to play three times 90 minutes in this space, in the way we play, because we have a high, intense game. We constantly try to press when the ball is out of play. Our goalkeeper tries to start to play the play ah fast instead of taking a minute.
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So it's a high-paced game we try to play. And Alex is...
Success Through Strategy Adaptation
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is as we all know now because I said it so many times and I think this was out in the open before as well and he's only trained two weeks with with a team where he didn't do for four months so to have two now is is definitely necessary and every top premier league team has two great number nine and we use one last one he talked about how well you played in in the first half how much that do you think was having mcalistster shop was lying and gra burst together again that's sort of continuity
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they feel the place around Now, these are very good players, but we've played in different setups, really good ah moments in games or large parts of games as well.
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So for me, it had to do a lot to do with the fact that we took the positions we wanted them to take because didn't happen a lot this season and yet that the other team did what we expected them to do. mainly Mostly we have to adjust at halftime that the other team comes up with something completely new against us, which is normal because most teams we face, they one week to prepare.
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If I tell you the only thing we did between Atletico Madrid and now is playing six feet and It's the only thing we did in two days. That's how we have to prepare. Not excuse, nothing, nothing, nothing. We have so many great players, as you just said.
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But this is reality show. I can never come up with something new. That's why the other teams always know what they get when they play us. Because you don't have so much playing time. So but you don't have to feel sorry for me because i have great players.
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But it's maybe interesting for some people to know, oh, is that really true? Only six two Yeah. Yeah. so But Everton did what we expected and we took our positions really well and that's why I think we could play through them a few times where normally maybe our second half performance is better because we have to adjust at halftime because what the other team did in the first half was different than i expected.
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good look