Last season, Arne Slot and Liverpool fell from their pedestal by falling in the round of 16 of the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain. This year, the Reds must once again cross swords with the Rouge et Bleu and it once again looks bad for the English. Beaten 2-0 at the Parc des Princes in this quarter-final first leg, Slot’s men could have won more if the Ile-de-France residents had been more efficient. Unsurprisingly, Arne Slot was eagerly awaited by the media after the match. Between his choice to field a five-man defense for the first time and the unambitious mentality of his team, the Batavian had some accountability.
Slot wants to believe in the miracle of Anfield
Lucid about his team’s match, the coach of the Mersey club nevertheless thinks that a miracle is still possible. “I think we can be lucky that we only lost 2-0 because they created more chances, even if the first goal hurt us. But after that, they had other chances to score. It’s very positive for us to still be in contention and to be able to welcome them to Anfield, and we know how decisive Anfield can be for us.”he declared on the microphone of TNT Sportsbefore paying tribute to his goalkeeper Mamardashvili.
“It was crucial. I saw yesterday’s match between Real Madrid and Bayern Munich and Manuel Neuer was very important for Bayern making many saves, and that’s what Giorgi did for us today. You need this kind of performance against teams like PSG. You need a lot of teamwork to stop them from scoring. It was hard. Giorgi was there for us. He played a very good match”. Finally, if he believes in the revolt of his people at Anfield, Slot once again praised a Parisian team who never stops branding him after last year’s scenario.
“We would have liked to create more, but there was no space”
“We would have liked to create more, but there was no space. They had the ball a lot. They had incredible pace all over the field. I think you saw that we tried a lot of times to press them high. Sometimes it worked, but a lot of times they were able to get past us. They were playing behind our backs. I studied the game last season when we won 1-0. The game was exactly the same and the game at Anfield was different so we’re happy to be alive.”he confided, before putting a layer on Canal+.
“All the times we defended with individual marking, they arrived in front of our goalkeeper every time. This led to a big chance for them each time. This team is made to dominate, it’s difficult to dominate them. We have to know who we are facing and make the best plan possible. We tried to press them high, not all the time, but maybe too often. They were able to play too easily. We weren’t able to attack, we couldn’t do it, the other team still had the ball. We must recognize the quality of these players. We were just trying to keep the score at the end of the match, because we expected them to score another goal. » Arne Slot is not about to forget PSG.
