Liverpool Boss Arne Slot explains why they will make changes for tomorrow’s game with Southampton
Arne Slot hinted in changes on his Liverpool side for tomorrow’s home game with Southampton-Ali insisted that they would not be made with a return against Paris Saint-Germain.
On Wednesday night, Liverpool secured a very happy 1-0 victory at Parc des Princess thanks to the amazing goalkeeper Alisson’s appearance and the replacement of late strike Harvey Elliott.
They meet again in the second part of their Champions League, on Tuesday, August 16th, they give the slots a headache, while they look like they hold their 13 points at the top of the Premier League and keep players fresh.
Changes that are expected for Liverpool against low saints
The characters of Elliotta, Darwin Nunez, Curtis Jones and Costas of Tsimikas could go in well, but the groove insists that it does not mean that they would threaten the saints out of stone.
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Arne slot says future matches against PSG Newcastle will not influence the choice of his team for Southampton
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He said, “If I decide to play other players, this is because I think it is the biggest opportunity to win the game tomorrow, not because I want to rest in the game against PSG.
“If there were three, four, five days between the last game, and I would probably start again on the same 11, even if there were only two days between the next one.
“Since they are just two days and we had to fight very much and that’s not the first game after we came out for three or four weeks, it’s probably 50. The three months play – I don’t know how much – so you take it into account, but you take the quality of the team you are facing, you take on a player, which they are FIT, who are well suited to the players.”
Everyone needs a little luck – the slot
Slot admitted that the Reds rode their happiness in the French capital, but insisted that it was impossible to play well in every game given the schedule, which includes the EFL Cup final against Newcastle next Sunday.
He added: “I would say we were not lucky, we were really lucky, but as Michael Jordan once said,” The harder you do, the more luck it is, “and this is the biggest compliment you have to give to the players.
“They worked incredibly hard and I think the second half was in which we did not control the ball, not the dominant team, but we controlled them better than in the first half.
“If you want to win something, if it’s a premier league or a Champions League, a Champions League or a FA Cup, you have to have a game once, a game where you don’t play your best football and lucky, which may not be lucky if you do as hard as we do, to get out with the result.
“There are no teams playing 38 games that only play good football. Real Madrid is one of the best examples of this, they also find a way to win the game if the other team is better than them.
“Our full focus is now on Southampton, the first of the three finals that played in the coming week.”
Liverpool Boss catches the amazing Alisson
The slot also paid tribute to the Brazilian international Alisson, who was sensational against PSG.
“I think you would become the best goalkeeper in the world that you sometimes need to save for others not to make,” he said. “I think he made one or two on Wednesday. He had two world -class savings in big moments for us.”
Cody Gakpo missed against PSG for ankle problems and he remains doubt about the weekend.
“He didn’t train yesterday, so let’s see if he could train with us today,” Slow said. “Again, close the call. It’s not a long -term injury, but yesterday he still had a little pain, so he wasn’t able to train.”
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