Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot mentioned that enjoying towards Actual Madrid “brings the most effective” out of his gamers after the Reds produced a powerful efficiency to beat Los Blancos 1-0 in the Champions League on Tuesday.
Trent Alexander-Arnold’s first trip to Anfield since leaving the club he joined as a boy dominated the pre-match conversation, however it was Alexis Mac Allister who in the end grabbed the headlines, heading house the one objective of the sport on the hour-mark from Dominik Szoboszlai’s free-kick.
The scoreline maybe flattered the guests from Spain, who had goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to thank after the Belgian made a string of nice saves in each halves to stop a fair larger scoreline.
The victory was an necessary one for Arne Slot and his gamers. It was their first time they’d claimed back-to-back wins since September and ensured they transfer into the highest six of the Champions League desk.
In regards to the outcome, Slot mentioned: “[I am] very happy. It’s been a difficult few weeks for us. Lot’s of away video games, hardly any relaxation between video games.
“Nevertheless it helps when you’ll be able to play in entrance of those followers and towards [Real] Madrid as a result of that brings the most effective I feel out of my gamers.
“[It was a] nice efficiency towards a group that has misplaced as soon as this season. It might have been a bit extra perhaps however he [Courtois] made just a few saves near him and he’s top-of-the-line goalkeepers on the planet.
“I mentioned earlier than the sport, they [Real] have scored 26 objectives in LaLiga and [Kylian] Mbappe and Vinicius [Jr] collectively have 24 objectives contributions. So if you wish to have any probability of profitable this sport it’s important to be certain that these two are usually not on the scoresheet. The entire group defended rather well.”
Slot admitted that his aspect had struggled when dealing with groups that undertake totally different enjoying philosophies however he added that his group “have to verify towards any enjoying type we face we will win the sport”.
The Reds boss additionally mirrored on the criticism that got here following a run of six defeats in seven matches in all competitions.
“It’s nicer for those who win video games than for those who lose them as a supervisor,” Slot mentioned.
“Life as a supervisor for those who lose is just not the most effective factor as a result of it simply takes your entire time since you need so badly to alter it.
“However you additionally attempt to be the identical individual, the identical supervisor as you’re when you find yourself profitable.
“Everybody has an opinion – generally proper, generally flawed. The one factor I can do is inform them [the players] my opinion hoping it’s robust sufficient for them to consider me.
“We’ve misplaced too many factors within the Premier League. We have to do higher and that’s what we’re going to strive. Quite a lot of video games nonetheless to return for us to point out that.”
Subsequent up for Liverpool is a visit to the Etihad to face Manchester Metropolis on Sunday.
