Slott: It will be a difficult match, and we have to strike a balance

Liverpool's coach, Arne Sloat, appeared in important press statements before facing Southampton, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup.

Sloat said about the match against Southampton: “It will be a difficult match, because I saw them over the weekend start with four players at the back, then change that after 15 minutes, to become five players at the back, and the coach who takes charge usually plays with four players at the back.” “The back.”

He continued: “I do not know what plan or formation the new Southampton coach will play with, but what we know is that we have to play an away match against Southampton. Against 11 players.”

He added: “It will be the academy players who get playing time or the players who no one expected to see playing on the last line who will play.” Tomorrow."

He confirmed: "Chiesa will get minutes tomorrow, whether he starts or participates in the second half. This is something we must make a decision about today, and you cannot expect He has to play 90 minutes, especially at this level, where the intensity of the matches is very high, because he was absent from the field for five or six months.”

He pointed out: “This The match will not include all the main midfielders, so... We have to manage the minutes, and if we want to use a few key players, it will not be for 90 minutes, so we have to achieve a balance.”

On Kelleher and Endo’s position on participation He said: “For me, it is one of the positives of the League Cup, because as I have seen them so far, we have not played with many of the key players yet.”

He continued: “This is really important.” For Endo, for example, he didn't play much but fortunately for us, he plays for Saleh His country's national team."

He explained: "Kelleher will be a starter tomorrow. It is one of the most difficult jobs in football if the first goalkeeper is always available, because you work all season and rarely... You don't get a chance to play."

He concluded: "It's unfortunate for us but it's good for him. He's already played a lot of minutes, so I think if we... By listing players by number of minutes, there will be players who have less playing time Much of it.”