Slot: I trust all the players, and the changes were the secret to winning

Liverpool coach, Arne Sloat, appeared in important press statements following the victory over Southampton, in the quarter-finals of the English League Cup, with a score of 2/1, and qualification to the semi-finals.

Sloat said about watching the match from the stands due to the suspension: “It was a good and warm experience. I think it was warmer than being on the touchline. I hope it will be this time.” The only one.”

Regarding the feeling when the clash occurred between Quansah and Matthews Fernandes near the Liverpool penalty area in the last minutes, he said: “The moment the ball is passed over the defense, You don't feel nervous, but when you see two players clashing you start to wonder what decision might have been made in real time. I felt like maybe a different decision could have been made, but when I watched it again, I found that he just used his arm. To me, it wasn't a mistake. But you can't Predicting referees’ decisions.”

Regarding the big changes he made to the team and the brilliance of Elliott and Wataru Endo, he said: “Harvey performed well in the weekend match against Fulham, and he was It was great to see him play 90 minutes today and score a goal. We started with him on the right wing, but I felt that he was starting to get bored and didn't touch the ball much, so after 25 minutes we changed his position to midfield. We know that he is a better midfielder than a winger, but we had to To try this change, so It was satisfying to see him shine.”

He commented on Federico Chiesa’s performance, saying: “I don’t know if we saw things the same way, but I think what I saw was expected, when A player is absent for five or six months. You cannot expect much. I saw very good moments, and I saw other moments in which I felt he could have performed better. For me, this is completely normal when a player returns from a long absence and plays his first match in a while. Period.”

He concluded his talk about the risk of making many changes: “It is natural for me to say that if I play with all the key players, we will have a better team than what we saw today, otherwise I will be wrong in my choices every week, but we trust these players because we know how good they are, and that is the first reason for playing them. We have great confidence in them.”