In this video
- Slot said the player got a little niggle in the last game against Palace. He tried to train but could not finish the session, and with Chelsea in a few days they decided not to take him.
- Asked about the reaction he wants, Slot said the Liverpool shirt asks for everything, combined with the best football you can play. Against Palace they created more than in three previous meetings, but conceded more.
- Slot said they always thought they would replace one player with one number nine. Because of an enormous tragedy they had to bring in two, and he apologised if he did not use the right words.
- Asked about possession without enough attacks, Slot said they play football to create chances and score. It is getting harder to break low blocks, which is why they brought in good attackers.
- Asked about fewer clean sheets, Slot said the full-backs are not the first problem that comes to mind. They have conceded four goals from set pieces, maybe a bit unluckily, and definitely have to improve.
“…a set piece is almost a different game inside the game.”
- Asked how to avoid gifting Galatasaray the initiative as Palace were allowed on Saturday, Slot said that for him Palace did not have it. They counterattacked well a few times and Liverpool lost the ball in bad places.
- Slot said football is more and more a set-piece game, mainly in the Premier League in his opinion, where touching a goalkeeper is not even a foul. Set-piece meetings now take as long as tactical ones.
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot delivers an in-depth press conference ahead of their crucial UEFA Champions League clash against Galatasaray and explains why set-pieces have become Liverpool’s biggest problem this season.
Slot confirms Federico Chiesa absence due to injury, and breaks down how Galatasaray’s attacking structure differs from Crystal Palace.
More importantly, he admits Liverpool must improve defending set-pieces, highlighting that four goals have already been conceded from dead-ball situations a major contrast to last season’s defensive strength.
