Slot: We Beat Atletico Madrid with Their Own Weapon, and This is My Opinion on Isak's Performance
Liverpool manager Arne Slot appeared in a press statement after the victory over Atletico Madrid 3-2 in the first round of the Champions League group stage at Anfield.
The coach said: "If you want to beat a team like Atletico Madrid, which has an amazing mentality, you have to beat them with their own weapon, which is mentality, and that's what we showed again today, which is our ability to win against them with this mentality."
He added: "I think we should have made things easier for ourselves. In the first half, when we went ahead 2-0, we had more than one opportunity to score the third goal. In the second half, when the score was 2-1, we hit the post, and we were very close to scoring several times, and if the difference is just one goal, something can happen, and it did happen. A slight deflection on the ball, I'm not sure, but the second ball went into the net, but we showed again a strong mentality. In those last ten minutes, we were pressing hard, pressing hard, and we scored a goal from a set piece."
He added regarding whether a sense of satisfaction crept in after going ahead 2-0: "That's possible, but it hasn't happened much for us this season when we went 2-0 up after six minutes, but it's clear that if we feel the need for urgency, we don't believe it, and now we have to make sure we feel this urgency for the full 90 minutes. Don't even look at the score, but feel it every second."
Regarding Alexander Isak's first appearance in a Liverpool shirt: "Yes, especially because in the 60 minutes he played, he looked perfectly fit to me. It wasn't as if he was extremely tired after ten minutes. He could play at this level well after a week or two of team training. He is capable of playing football, and watching him is enjoyable, and that's not surprising to me. He was fitter than I expected, but the fans can't place huge hopes on him. We play three times a week, and that still weighs on him.
He concluded: "We have two great players in the center forward position, and we will use them throughout their time here."
The coach said: "If you want to beat a team like Atletico Madrid, which has an amazing mentality, you have to beat them with their own weapon, which is mentality, and that's what we showed again today, which is our ability to win against them with this mentality."
He added: "I think we should have made things easier for ourselves. In the first half, when we went ahead 2-0, we had more than one opportunity to score the third goal. In the second half, when the score was 2-1, we hit the post, and we were very close to scoring several times, and if the difference is just one goal, something can happen, and it did happen. A slight deflection on the ball, I'm not sure, but the second ball went into the net, but we showed again a strong mentality. In those last ten minutes, we were pressing hard, pressing hard, and we scored a goal from a set piece."
He added regarding whether a sense of satisfaction crept in after going ahead 2-0: "That's possible, but it hasn't happened much for us this season when we went 2-0 up after six minutes, but it's clear that if we feel the need for urgency, we don't believe it, and now we have to make sure we feel this urgency for the full 90 minutes. Don't even look at the score, but feel it every second."
Regarding Alexander Isak's first appearance in a Liverpool shirt: "Yes, especially because in the 60 minutes he played, he looked perfectly fit to me. It wasn't as if he was extremely tired after ten minutes. He could play at this level well after a week or two of team training. He is capable of playing football, and watching him is enjoyable, and that's not surprising to me. He was fitter than I expected, but the fans can't place huge hopes on him. We play three times a week, and that still weighs on him.
He concluded: "We have two great players in the center forward position, and we will use them throughout their time here."
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