Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, has expressed joy after his side’s lone goal triumph over Girona at Montilivi in the Uefa Champions League 2024/25 League Phase match on Tuesday 10 December, 2024.
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| Liverpool manager, Arne Slot. Photo: @LFC |
The Reds netted the only goal of the encounter in the 63rd minute through Egyptian forward, Mohamed Salah, from the penalty spot.
The win makes it six (6) out of six (6) for the English Premier League toppers in the UCL 2024/25.
According to liverpoolfc.com, In his post-Girona comments, Slot, said, “If you ask me about all the six games, I’m really pleased with all the results.”
On what he didn’t like about Liverpool’s performance…
“A lot, but especially two things. If you play against a team that has such a good idea about football, knows how to bring the ball out from the back – like some other teams we faced recently, like [Manchester] City or Real Madrid – then you need to be so intense if you want to make it difficult for them. But if every time you are waiting a few seconds before you press, and if you do press you are so easily outplayed, then this team can cause you a lot of problems. That’s what they’ve shown throughout the whole Champions League campaign, except for [against] PSV Eindhoven away.”
“The other part was every time we lost the ball we were not aggressive enough, so every time we lost the ball they could almost every time go all the way to our goal, having a shot or a blocked shot, and then we could attack again.”
On maintaining the 100 per cent record in the Champions League…
“If you ask me about all the six games, I’m really pleased with all the results, I am really pleased with the five [other] games with the way we played. I’m far from pleased about the performance tonight.”
On the display of Alisson and not looking like he’d been away…
“No, he definitely didn’t. I said a bit of a joke that maybe the players wanted to see how fit he really was, so to give him so much work. But, of course, that was not our plan. He showed again today why I said so many times that he’s our first goalkeeper. That has nothing to do with Caoimhin [Kelleher] – he did so, so well. But Alisson has been so important for this club for so many years, for his country as well. [He] showed today that he’s probably one of the best, in my opinion the best goalkeeper in the world. And let’s hope he can keep continuing to bring these performances. Let’s hope even more that he can stay fit.”
