Liverpool coach Arne Slot spoke at a press conference, before facing Chelsea tomorrow in the English Premier League, where he revealed the latest developments regarding his players' readiness and the main features of the team's upcoming phase.

Slot spoke about the players' readiness: "Isaac trained with us again yesterday for the first time, everything is fine, he did some training and we hope he can do some or all of it today, we'll see how we can benefit from him, Alisson has not returned, and Mamardashvili trained for the first time today."

He added: "Salah is very close to returning like Alisson, Konate missed training on Wednesday for personal reasons but trained yesterday and today, Wirtz trained yesterday after being slightly ill and they are ready."

Regarding the last three matches of the season, Slot said: "Good performance usually goes hand in hand with results in the last three matches, our first and main goal is to qualify for the Champions League, and we have shown this season that we need good performance to achieve results, the opposite happened and we performed well without achieving the result, and rarely did we perform poorly and achieve a good result, we usually need good performance to win the match."

About the Chelsea match, he explained: "Some players will return to strengthen their ranks if our information is correct and it will be a decisive factor for them, it's always a tough match for both teams with distinguished players, and we hope to witness a great team performance as well, each coach has his own style in football, and Chelsea has had three coaches this season, the current coach is closer to Maresca's usual style of play so there is a clear identity in the style of play and clarity in expectations, as he usually relies on three defenders in the center of defense."

The Liverpool coach continued about his hopes for the end of the season: "Even if we achieve three wins and perform well, it doesn't make you optimistic because of what happened this season, it is important to achieve at least one win, which might be enough, we strive to achieve that by delivering the best possible performance, achieving three wins will not silence the criticism, so we need a long series of positive results and outstanding performance."

Regarding the decline in confidence and frequent mistakes, he said: "There are always heavy burdens on the players due to losing more matches than they want, especially at a club like this, these players are used to winning, we did not collect the deserved points, we played at our usual level in the Champions League, and no club has been able to defeat Paris Saint-Germain in the last two years, we were close to winning at Anfield if it weren't for the VAR intervention that canceled a penalty, which doesn't usually happen."

He added about the defensive and offensive aspects: "At times we were vulnerable to counter-attacks, we didn't concede many goals, we conceded only two goals in the Manchester match, but this is not our only weakness, scoring more goals will help us a lot, and it is easier to control the game when we are ahead by a goal, we need a clear improvement, and we will work on that during the summer transfer period and in training."

Slot also spoke about team cohesion, saying: "There is a difference between cohesion and mentality, it is logical that players who have spent 6 or 7 or 8 years together are more cohesive than new players, as for the mentality we have often shown a mentality of coming back into the game, it is not about age, but about the player's personality, you can pump money into the transfer market, but we have many players who have the right mentality to play for this club."

Regarding changes in the team, he said: "I am excited, not worried at all, there might be another slight change, but not as drastic as before the start of this season, it is likely that Tsimikas will return from loan and replace one of the players."