Slot on Liverpool 2-0 Brentford
Slot on Liverpool 2-0 Brentford
25/08/2024
Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK
25/08/2024
Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, UK
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00:00I'm going to go first.
00:22Chris.
00:24Your overall view of the game?
00:29Positive, for many reasons.
00:33I think Brentford showed last week with their first goal,
00:37but in general also in their last-week game,
00:39that they can play out from the back really good.
00:41They tried to do this here as well,
00:43sometimes work better than other moments,
00:45but they're also really threatening on the counter-attack.
00:47And they're a big threat in set-piece,
00:49and I think the only threat they had today was the set-piece,
00:53where Alisson saved us in the second half.
00:56But it was also pleasing to see that from their set-piece
00:59we could score our first goal.
01:12It's nice to inherit a team and individuals that are so special,
01:17and that's what you saw in the first goal as well.
01:19I think Lucio finished it off really good.
01:21Mo won an important duel around the 18-yard box,
01:25because this is what emerges in football,
01:28or if he would have lost that duel,
01:30they would have maybe got a shot on target.
01:32He won the duel and then we could counter-attack them,
01:34and Djoko gave a great pass in the right timing,
01:37with a great run from Lucio, and he finished it off really well.
01:42Jamie.
01:44Trent was one of many players who played well for today,
01:47but he didn't look particularly happy,
01:49and I think he had a shot at it.
01:52He didn't look that happy after being taken off, you mean?
01:56Yeah.
01:57I understand, not every player wants to play 90 minutes,
02:00but I don't think the players on the bench from the start
02:03were really happy with the choice I made.
02:06But Trent came back from the national team,
02:09where in the beginning of the tournament he played quite a lot,
02:12then he didn't, had a few weeks off, came back,
02:15it's only his third game,
02:17we have to take care of him as well,
02:19because we need him for the whole season
02:21and not only for the first two games.
02:23The good thing for me is that I have a very good back-up as well with Conor,
02:28so that means we are taking care of him, of Trent.
02:33But he played a good game, that's also what I saw.
02:38John.
02:40It's obviously your first Premier League game here,
02:42how pleased were you with the reception from the fans,
02:45and also just starting with a win?
02:47Yeah, the reception of the fans was similar to the reception I got
02:50from all the people in and around the AXA,
02:53and people that are working for Liverpool.
02:56I cannot speak for all the managers,
02:58but I think maybe all of them would tell you the same.
03:01Every manager that comes in here feels the warmth of this club,
03:05feels the appreciation by the fans,
03:07and the most important thing we have to do as managers
03:09is make sure the team plays in the style that the fans like to see.
03:12That's what we're trying, and I think the boys showed that today,
03:16and the fans got their appreciation for that, I think.
03:20Do you like what you've seen, two wins, two clean sheets?
03:24Yeah, it is, two good wins against difficult opponents,
03:30because Brentford had a very good opening game last week,
03:34but there's still a lot for us to prove with the season coming up,
03:40because I've said it a few times already,
03:43I think both the teams, Ipswich and Brentford,
03:46deserve our respect for the way they've played against us,
03:49but I'm not expecting one of the two in the top six in the upcoming season,
03:53so there's still a lot to prove for us,
03:56but it's always good to start off with two wins and two clean sheets.
03:59Richard.
04:01Hi, Jürgen, just to follow up on David's day,
04:04obviously his goal and his performance today,
04:07but also he scored a couple against Sevilla a couple of weeks ago as well,
04:11have you been talking to him and working with him to try and get him scoring more goals?
04:16If that was what I've done, I would speak to everyone from now on
04:20and tell them to score more goals.
04:22But it's not about that, it's about making sure these players,
04:26like Lucio, like Mo, like Cody, like Diogo, like Darwin,
04:29like all the others that play in attacking positions,
04:32we bring them as much as we can in offensive and good positions,
04:35and then they can show their quality, and I think the nicest example of that
04:39was the moment when Mo set up three, four, five combinations in and around the 16.
04:46We don't train these things, it's just the quality of the players,
04:50and the only thing we try to do is get them as much as we can in those positions,
04:55and if they don't have the ball,
04:57they work really, really hard for the other team not to create a chance,
05:01and I think that's what we saw today and last week.
05:04But it's not so difficult to do it once or twice,
05:07the difficult thing is to do it 10 out of 10 times,
05:09and that's still what we have to show.
05:11Paul.
05:13Do you think Kertis Gerritsen will be available for Manchester United?
05:17It's going to be close, so we have to wait and see.
05:20It's always difficult to see how an injury evolves during the upcoming week,
05:26so he's not going to be out for a long time,
05:29but it's going to be close for him to be there next week.
05:33I'm quite sure he's going to try and do everything to be ready for next week.
05:39In Holland we always said we cannot say anything about injuries,
05:42maybe that's different here, but it has to do with privacy, I think.
05:46But it's not a big injury.
05:48Same over here?
05:49Yes.
05:50Last couple, one there and one there.
06:02Yeah, but it's also quite normal, because I inherited the team and all of them stayed,
06:08and we tried to keep a lot, a lot, a lot, almost the same,
06:13and try to adjust maybe one or two things where we think we could win.
06:17If Jurgen would have stayed he would have tried to find these one or two things
06:20where he could have improved the team.
06:22But for me it's not a surprise that this team play like this,
06:25and for you it shouldn't be a surprise at all,
06:27because you saw them playing like this many times last season as well.
06:30Last one.
06:32Jürgen, Watte has played four games today and he seems to be in quite good shape,
06:39what does he need to improve?
06:46Watte? Ah, OK.
06:48It's not always about the player himself, it's also about the competition he faces.
06:52We have many good midfielders, like we have many good players,
06:55and we are really pleased with the way Watte is training for us.
06:59He has some good competitions, and I think you saw today a good performance from all three midfielders.
07:04So it's not always about him, it's also about the others.
07:07But he will be important for us during the season, because we need all of them.
07:12We all know how long a season can be over here, and how many players you need,
07:17and he's one of them that we are going to need in the upcoming season.
07:20Thank you, Arjen.