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Arne Slot admitted that he had been forced to give his players from Liverpool a severe revolution at halftime while the leaders of the Premier League have wobbled against the Rock-Basy-Pied of Southampton before a fantastic reversal in the second half.
Darwin Nunez began the return after Will Smallbone’s first half for saints, before Mohamed Salah scored two penalties to bring his count to 32 for the season.
Liverpool looked jaded after their exerts by beating Paris Saint-Germain in the middle of the week and Slot said that it was less than satisfied in the first 45 minutes, insisting that he had no choice but to make three part-time substitutions.
“I didn’t make them compliments at halftime, I can tell you,” said Slot, who was watching the stands in the last match of his sideline.
“Maybe I can tell you that it was because I was sitting there instead of the line. When you watch a game from there, you always feel that “Ah, even me, I can play in this game”, but when you are at stake, there is more tempo.
“I don’t think I was wrong if I said at halftime that the energy levels were far, far, far too low. This had to change and that is why we made three substitutions, apart from energy to bring quality.
“Nine out of 10 times, when you remove three, the other eight are like something else should happen. It was the only thing I could find to create something different for the second half.
Arne Slot was furious with the intensity of her players in a dull performance in the first half in Anfield
Liverpool has lagged behind in Southampton-Destined-Destined thanks to a defensive mixture
This worked and Liverpool finished 16 points away from Arsenal, which goes to Manchester United today / Sunday.
The Reds are not in the championship now until April 2, but face Paris Saint-Germain in Anfield Tuesday before the final of the Carabao Cup against Newcastle next Sunday.
Slot described this game as the first of the three “finals” in a week and he added: “The following two finals, I hope we will play better than the first.
“When I watch the game against PSG, we have to make a step in terms of intensity and compared to the game today, we must take five, six, seven steps in terms of intensity if we want to have a chance to reach the next round.”
“Something had to change at halftime. This is why I removed a few players, brought players who brought a lot of energy for us. If you have energy and our quality, it can lead to goals.
Liverpool will have to take over the shooting form for 90 minutes when they welcome PSG in their last match in the Champions League next week, defending the 1-0 miracle advantage that they picked up in the French capital.
We asked the location if he thought that the slow start of his players was due to playing with one eye for Tuesday’s visit – but the Dutchman said he was not sure.
“I will never know because I can’t look in my players’ head,” he added. “But I thought that our game in Paris should have been a good warning for us that we have to set up a level to be ready for Paris Saint-Germain (in the second stage).
Mohamed Salah and Darwin Nunez led to a second half recovery for embarrassment of the slot machine
Salah then scored two penalties and now has 32 goals in 41 Liverpool games this season
“Maybe the only thing good has just been so slow in the first half that they can never tell me that they were tired after the first half.
“Maybe they saved their legs, which is necessary because the intensity of Paris Saint-Germain is crazy. We must not only browse one step in place, not two, but maybe three or four for Tuesday.
