Liverpool coach Arni Slot appeared in press statements after qualifying for the League Cup final, by beating Tottenham 4-0, in the semi-final first leg, knowing that the first leg ended with Tottenham's victory 1-0.

The coach said: "I think we spent some wonderful nights here already, but reaching the final must be special as well, and this is what it is. So, yes, from this perspective, it was the most private evening."

He added: "In the Netherlands, we have only one cup championship, and the final match will be held at the end of the season, so it is a new experience, but it is a nice experience."

And about the final in Wimbili: "It is a special stadium for the English people but also for the Dutch people because we know the history of the stadium and the final, very happy to go there, but we know that we will face a very difficult opponent. They are a very good team, but they will face a good team as well."

He stressed: "We also have to take into account that in the first half there were many moments of stopping, so it is difficult to control the match, but we did it really well and it took 80 minutes before they hit the goal. It was a very good performance from Our side.

He stressed: "There are many matches that must be played, we were lucky, and perhaps we were not lucky, because we have already qualified after six matches in the Champions League, so we are still able to rotate. This is a tournament in which most matches play but you can only take 20 Player.

He noted: "If you play a lot of matches, you need more than 20 players. If a club like us must always have 20, 21 or 22 players in the first team, and behind him we can take more academy players, then a match like today was To be perfect. "

He concluded: "There is only one negative side to reach the final, which is that we will face Aston Villa in the middle of the week, but success creates more matches. It is positive and the players become stronger in my opinion by playing matches."