Arne Slot believes Liverpool can flip their tie towards Paris Saint-Germain round subsequent week
Arne Slot admitted Liverpool have been lucky to depart Paris with solely a two-goal deficit after a chastening Champions League quarter-final first leg defeat to PSG, however insisted the tie stays very a lot alive forward of the second leg at Anfield.
The Reds have been outplayed for lengthy intervals on the Parc des Princes and Slot was candid in his evaluation of the efficiency.
“In case you replicate on the entire sport I believe we’re fortunate with solely dropping two nil,” he instructed TNT Sports activities.
“The primary purpose felt exhausting. I believe it was excellent for us we’re nonetheless within the tie, we are able to carry them to Anfield and we all know how good Anfield will be for us.”
Giorgi Mamardashvili was Liverpool’s standout performer on the night time, making a collection of essential saves to forestall the scoreline from turning into extra damaging, and Slot pointed to the Georgian as a key cause the tie stays inside attain.
Drawing inspiration from the earlier night’s motion, he mentioned: “I watched the sport yesterday between Bayern Munich and Actual Madrid. You want performances like that, you want a hardworking crew that do every thing towards a crew like PSG. Once we wanted Alisson Becker he was there for us. He (Mamardashvili) performed sport at this time.”
When pressed on whether or not Liverpool created sufficient going ahead, Slot was trustworthy concerning the difficulties PSG posed. “Sure and no, sure as a result of we wish to create rather more probabilities, no as a result of there was not rather a lot to create for us.
“We tried many occasions to get them excessive, however they have been in a position to play by means of us after we went man-to-man. I believe that occurred within the second half as nicely. There have been just a few occasions with gamers in promising positions.”
Van Dijk requires Anfield to ship
Captain Virgil van Dijk echoed his supervisor’s optimism, calling on the Anfield crowd to play a decisive function in turning the tie round. “We now have to be completely spot on. Hopefully, our followers can play an enormous half in that. Our followers are the spine of the membership, and hopefully they are often there for us.”
Van Dijk additionally referenced final season’s European expertise at this floor as a supply of each warning and encouragement.
“Hopefully, very essential. Final 12 months we performed a sport right here which we must always have misplaced. Alisson’s finest sport of his profession, however we couldn’t get the job accomplished at Anfield.”
PSG will arrive at Anfield having had per week’s relaxation between legs, however van Dijk was dismissive of any suggestion Liverpool must be distracted by exterior elements. “We now have to deal with ourselves and that’s the solely factor we’re going to do.”
