The Dutchman Arney Slot, the coach of Liverpool, spoke at a press conference this morning to talk about the decisive confrontation against Tottenham in the second leg of the English League Cup semi -final, which is held at Anfield, where the team seeks to compensate for the first leg and book the qualification card to the final .

Salt commented on the winter transfer period, confirming his full confidence in his team players, and said: "We have a very strong team, and this is what appears in the Premier League table, despite some of the injuries that we faced, such as the absence of Alison Baker and Dugo Jota, but they all recovered and returned to participate except Trent Alexander Arnold, who will be absent for only a few days. "

He added: "There was no urgent need to add new players during the Mercato, unless there was an appropriate opportunity in the market, as happened when we contracted with a new goalkeeper."

On the confrontation of Tottenham, the Dutch coach stressed that the team's preparations were not different from any other match, stressing the need to win, and said: "When you wear a Liverpool shirt, you have to win every match, whether in the league or cups, this matter is not limited to confronting Tottenham Only, it applies to every match we play. "

He continued: "In the first leg, we were close to achieving a positive result despite the numerical deficiency in the last minutes, and nothing has changed now. We have to play to win against our fans in Anfield."

He continued: "If we played the second leg just a week after the first leg, we would have faced almost the same Tottenham squad, but during this period, they managed to restore some of the injured and contract with three new players."

He added: "I do not know if Mickey Van de Vin is ready to participate or not, but he is a very influential player for them, and despite that, we trust that we will be stronger than the previous meeting."

Regarding the selection of the primary goalkeeper in front of their Totnah, he said: "I have made my decision regarding who will start the match, but I have not yet informed the two guards, after this press conference, I will meet them and tell them the decision."

He criticized the laws that prevent English clubs from summoning 23 players for the lists of matches, unlike the European championships, and said: “In England we play the most possible number of matches compared to any other league, yet we cannot call more than 20 players for each match, this is illogical, Especially for teams like us, Arsenal, Chelsea and Aston Villa, which competes in more than one championship.

He added: "For me, it is not difficult to choose the starting lineup, but the most difficult decision is to tell one of the players that it will not be even on the bench, although it works hard daily, I think the laws should change."

He concluded his speech by saying: "Whatever difficulties, our goal is clear, which is to win and qualify for the final, and we will present everything we have to achieve this."