Milos Kerkez Speaks Forward of Liverpool’s Conflict with Brighton
Momentum could be fleeting within the Premier League, one thing Liverpool know higher than most. After a confidence lifting Champions League win away at Internazionale, consideration turns shortly to home enterprise and a Brighton facet that not often provides consolation. For Milos Kerkez, the message is easy, outcomes now matter, particularly at Anfield.
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The complete again was clear in regards to the problem dealing with Arne Slot’s Liverpool, framing Saturday’s fixture as a possibility to reassert authority at house. As he put it, “Each recreation within the Premier League is hard. That’s what I discovered after I got here right here. It’s important to be 100 per cent centered each recreation as a result of everybody can beat everybody.”
That realism displays each Liverpool’s current inconsistency and the calls for of Slot’s first title defence. Successful the Premier League final season reset expectations, but it additionally raised the weekly customary required.
Anfield edge below Arne Slot
Kerkez pressured the significance of restoring the psychological weight of Anfield, one thing Liverpool have traditionally relied upon. “We have now to carry again that feeling that if you play in Anfield you can not play simply. Hopefully everybody can be prepared. Will probably be an necessary three factors.”
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Slot’s facet arrive bodily and mentally inspired after San Siro. “However I’m certain now after the Inter recreation we can be prepared bodily, mentally and clearly we play at house,” Kerkez added. The emphasis on power and mindset matches Slot’s choice for managed depth somewhat than emotional chaos.
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The Brighton recreation additionally carries league significance. “I believe this was actually necessary in opposition to Inter and I believe now now we have to proceed with Brighton. It’s going to be much more necessary to begin to make factors within the Premier League,” Kerkez stated, earlier than hinting at broader ambitions. “Hopefully within the subsequent few months we are able to do one thing else and combat for one thing.”
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Confidence from European nights
Kerkez returned repeatedly to confidence and cohesion, hallmarks of Liverpool at their finest. Reflecting on the midweek victory, he defined, “It was actually necessary for confidence and for the increase within the crew to carry again the consistency that we want sooner or later video games.”
Beating an unbeaten Inter facet mattered. “They had been unbeaten for lots of video games and [they’re] an excellent crew and hard to play in opposition to. It’s necessary for confidence. Large video games are arising for us,” he stated.
That perception extends internally. “The group is absolutely, actually collectively and we’re actually shut to one another. We actually need to flip issues round,” Kerkez insisted, underlining the collective duty Slot usually references.
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Competitors, defence and management
Rotation has been an adjustment. “It’s the primary time for me that I play each three days,” Kerkez admitted, highlighting his rivalry with Andy Robertson as constructive. “We’re pushing one another so much. It’s a constructive competitors and I’m studying so much from him.”
Defensive enchancment has been one other focus. “We discuss so much about it and [it’s] simply doing the fundamentals good to make the clear sheets,” he stated, pointing to the worth of defending Alisson Becker.
Kerkez additionally praised management figures, singling out Dominik Szoboszlai. “I might say this 12 months he’s taken it to a different degree,” he stated, noting his affect alongside Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Robertson. In a Liverpool facet balancing renewal with expectation, these voices stay central.