Liverpool boss Arne Slot on learning the mental strength of his players in their 2-2 draw with Everton in the Merseyside Derby and what they can take from that going into their Premier League clash with Wolves
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
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00:00Given that there are going to be a lot of emotionally charged games in the title run-in now,
00:06are there learnings to take from Wednesday night?
00:10Like I just said, you mean from me or from the players?
00:14Yeah, the players and the club as a whole, yeah.
00:17I think the players, I just said so I can give the same answer again,
00:21they really stood up in a positive way for me.
00:26Mentally being so strong in those circumstances,
00:31if you don't play your best game,
00:33and part of our game plan was of course to prevent them from playing so many balls into our box,
00:39but it's difficult to prevent that if you concede 23 kicks,
00:43so then you just have to act.
00:47What is their strongest asset maybe?
00:50Playing the balls in with all these centre-backs and full-backs coming up,
00:54and apart from the first goal that we conceded from a free-kick,
00:58I think we defended that really well.
01:00Players showed that they are more than 11 quality individuals
01:06that can play together in ball possession so well.
01:08They also showed they have great mentality.
01:11Again, in what I've experienced now,
01:14the most difficult circumstances we've played in until now.