Liverpool boss Arne Slot has been chatting with the media earlier than Saturday’s Premier League recreation towards at Anfield (kick-off 12:30 BST).
Listed below are the important thing traces from his information convention:
Slot wouldn’t say whether or not Alexander Isak might be obtainable to start out the Merseyside derby and it’ll rely on how properly the striker recovers from enjoying 60 minutes in Wednesday’s Champions League recreation towards Atletico Madrid.
He mentioned the crew should not coaching till later as we speak with the intention to give his gamers “a bit of additional time to get well and among the finest methods to get well very well is sleep”.
On whether or not Hugo Ekitike and Isak can play as joint strike drive: “I contemplate many issues and it relies upon all the time on how properly they’re doing. If each of them are in the perfect type of their life then you definitely contemplate extra to play them collectively, however it’s fairly clear that we’ve got a sure construction of 4-3-3.”
He mentioned he has 21 gamers to select from now as they’re “all match”.
On Everton: “They’ve made some good signings, one in every of them is Jack Grealish and he’s doing so properly for them. They’re crew.”
He mentioned “there’s rivalry” between the 2 sides however he likes “what they did when Diogo [Jota] handed away by coming to Anfield”. He added: “They confirmed their respect and in these moments of time, it’s so good to see that in a time of tragedy, the respect to each remains to be there.”
On what he expects from the sport: “It’ll be a troublesome recreation. I do not know precisely what they will do as they performed lengthy balls final season however are enjoying extra out from the again this 12 months. Our focus needs to be on what we have to do to win the sport and that’s being intense and successful duels.”
He acknowledged that there might be derby day debutants however he totally expects them to take care of the depth and physicality it brings, including: “We’re not speaking about rookies.”
In response to conceding two late targets: “It isn’t ultimate if in case you have a 2-0 lead and provides it away so it’s one thing we have to enhance as we have to enhance many issues. You may run out of vitality in direction of the tip of the season – mentally and bodily – so it is by no means a good suggestion to maintain on doing this.”
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