Slot on Liverpool 2-0 Madrid
27/11/2024
Anfield, Liverpool, Uk
27/11/2024
Anfield, Liverpool, Uk
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00:00Come on, Mo.
00:24He's looking at his data.
00:25He's doing stats.
00:26Stats.
00:27Stats.
00:28He's checking with us.
00:29Lovely to have your family over to experience a night like that, obviously no argument that
00:36the best team won tonight, how do you sum up what your team produced tonight in a game
00:40of such magnitude to maintain your 100 per cent record in the Champions League?
00:46I liked a lot what I saw, of course not everything, I think we controlled the first half with
00:53creating a few chances, but I also thought we were still a bit sloppy, so we lost the
00:59ball in a very easy situation or we forced it a bit too much, and I said try to be even
01:06more patient, let the gaps open up instead of forcing them, and then it helps if the
01:12first seven minutes after half-time I think we had total dominance, they even didn't
01:17come across our half-way line, and if we didn't score a goal like this then we were
01:23flying, if you want to put it like this.
01:26Obviously in a great position in terms of the Champions League at the moment as well,
01:30I just wonder, was there a slight cost tonight as well, we took Natte down at the end of
01:35the game, Conor Bradley obviously came off as well, do you know anything as regards what
01:40injuries they've sustained tonight?
01:42No, not yet, I know where they have pain, but how bad or how good it is is difficult
01:48to judge so close after the game, but this is what happens during the season, we missed
01:55Trent today, we missed Jota today, we missed Alisson today, and we didn't miss Trent because
02:00he was on the bench but he couldn't play from the start, and I think Costas we missed.
02:05So this happens through a season, I'm really hoping both of them are available to play
02:10because we want them all available, but if not, someone else has to step up,
02:14and until now this season everybody that I selected to start have shown up,
02:19and that's also what's going to happen on Sunday, if they can play,
02:25but also if they can't play then other ones will step up.
02:28Obviously we can talk about Liverpool making a statement tonight, beating Real Madrid
02:31after a long run without getting a victory against them, but how do you feel about it,
02:35do you feel that you've made a statement in terms of Europe this season?
02:41I think it's always good to win a game, and especially a big game like this,
02:46because you know you face so many quality players.
02:49For me it would even mean more if we go into the later stages of the tournament,
02:54because this is such a strange and different set-up in the Champions League,
02:59it's difficult to judge how important these wins are if we arrive in the last 16,
03:06or quarter-finals or wherever we can arrive to, and we face them again,
03:10and then we are able to beat them, that would be maybe a bigger statement than this,
03:15but we are definitely happy with the win, let that be clear.
03:18Hi, just to ask about Conor, it's easy to forget he's still very young,
03:23but pocketed Mbappe tonight, got an assist, how pleased were you with him overall?
03:28Had an assist of...?
03:32For Maka's goal, did he?
03:35Yeah, OK. So, we're talking about Conor, don't we?
03:40Conor, yeah.
03:42Did he play the ball square to...? I didn't know.
03:45He was in a strange position, that's why I still don't know.
03:49Oh, OK, that's why he ended up over there.
03:52I think it's nice for him, it's nice for his family, it's nice for us,
03:58but it's also very nice for the academy,
04:01that a player that comes through the ranks of the academy does so well,
04:06and not only him, Kweef was outstanding today, Curtis was outstanding today,
04:10probably all of them were outstanding, but to have three academy players in your team
04:15doing so well is also a big compliment for the academy this club has.
04:23And Conor did very well, but I'm totally not surprised of him doing so well,
04:29because he showed this already last season and showed this in training sessions and games as well.
04:36So, very nice for him.
04:38James?
04:39Arda, you mentioned Kweef, he was exceptional again tonight,
04:42he's been outstanding throughout this period when you've been without Alisson.
04:45With Alisson now close to a return, is that a difficult decision for you,
04:49given how good Kelleher has been?
04:51I think every decision I have to make is a difficult one,
04:54because we have so many quality players, but I think I've been clear about that situation,
04:58but tonight shouldn't be about that, it should be about Kweef being so important for us.
05:04It was a big moment for him, also I think if you see Mbappé behind the ball,
05:14at least I thought probably what everybody thought,
05:17and what everybody also thought when Mo stepped up,
05:20this ball is probably going to go in, and he saved it.
05:23So it was a big moment for him, a special moment for him,
05:26so let that be the headlines and not the other thing I was quite clear about one or two weeks ago.
05:37Hi, Erne, Juan for Flash Square in Spain, congratulations for the result tonight.
05:41English.
05:42Oh, English.
05:43Congratulations for the result tonight.
05:45Today again, in another game after half-time, the team has improved their performance,
05:50it's something that you work a lot in half-time,
05:53how do you teach them on the weakness of the opposite team,
05:56or what's going on, because it has happened many times during this season,
06:01and it seems like a massive strength for the team.
06:06Yeah, we work harder in the first half and the second half than we worked during half-time.
06:11This was a joke, but nobody understands it.
06:15I think the effort we put in in the first half helps us to be as good as we are in the second half.
06:23So if you play a game at this level, it's so difficult to outplay them already in the first half,
06:30but you invest, you invest, you invest, you keep on running,
06:33you keep being aggressive, you keep trying to press them high,
06:36and then in the second half, it's not only with us,
06:39but you see more goals in the second half than in the first half,
06:42and that has all to do with the players also getting tired.
06:45So we also invest in the first half to show up in a better way in the second half.
06:49But the good thing about the second half is that before they go out,
06:53we always prepare them for what to expect from what we've seen from them until now,
06:57but what we saw from them until now was with Vinicius.
07:00Now they lined up without Vinicius, so after the first half we know better what to expect
07:05than we knew before the game.
07:08So maybe sometimes these small adjustments help as well,
07:11but it has mainly to do with the effort we put in the first half already.
07:27Hi, Arne. You guys played the best team in Europe tonight.
07:31How do you manage, and the table says so at the moment,
07:35how do you manage to transform this team into a team
07:38that wins five out of five games in the Champions League?
07:43Oh, I don't think we transformed that much, we adjusted a bit.
07:47Maybe it's your first time at Liverpool,
07:50but I think the ones that are here for a long time are just almost used to playing a final,
07:55or to be up there with all the great teams in Europe.
07:58So this team has always been there,
08:01the last two years maybe have been a bit different than all these years before,
08:06but it was only maybe a few adjustments or playing different teams.
08:13But we are only five games in, in a new format, so we are happy where we are,
08:19but we are not getting carried away by only winning in a group stage game.
08:25This club wants more than only winning group stage games.
08:29Hi, Arne, huge congratulations again.
08:32Could you please comment on Ryan Cravenberry's performance?
08:35I think he almost dictated the game tonight like Tony Kroos.
08:38What are his key strengths and what made you convinced
08:41that he would be a perfect fit as a number 6?
08:45I agree with you, he played a very good game,
08:47which was not that easy because he conceded the yellow card already quite early in the game.
08:53But, yeah, he's so comfortable on the ball, and we like to have possession a lot,
08:59and if you have possession a lot it's always useful to have players
09:02that are so comfortable and dominant on the ball.
09:04And he brings, together with our last line, the ball towards the players
09:09that can hurt every opposition, and that's what makes him special,
09:14together with his running capacity, he just keeps on running.
09:18And he, like all the others, also profits from the team performance,
09:23because I've said it many times, the team performance makes the individual performance,
09:28and not the opposite way around.
09:30Could he become the next Tony Kroos, maybe?
09:33Could I?
09:34Could he become the next Tony Kroos, maybe?
09:36No, because he's Dutch and he's not German.
09:38LAUGHTER