After Liverpool went 1-0 behind against Southampton, manager Arne Slot delivered a speech of anger at halftime, leading to the 3-1 victory of his team. Mohamed Salah said the team needed such pep discussions “sometimes”.
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The frustration was written everywhere on the face of the boss of Liverpool, Arne Slot, when the bad communication allowed Southampton, Southampton, to score first in the 3-1 victory of the Reds, and Mohamed Salah said that the manager had given the team an ear on this subject at halftime.
Salah scored twice at the penalty point and Darwin Nunez also struck in the victory, but the three goals of Liverpool came after the break.
Will Smallbone had amazed Anfield’s faithful with a goal from Bottom Club Southampton in the first half, capitalizing on poor communication by goalkeeper Alisson and central defender Virgil Van Dijk, and the television camera caught Slot, who served the second of the two game suspension for a recent red card in Evert Hands.
Slot explodes Liverpool players at halftime
Slot’s encouragement speech in the break seemed to do the trick.
“It was a bit of frustration, his head was going for us,” Salah told the Premier League Productions about the Slot half-time speech. “This is something you sometimes need.
“We were sloppy and slow in the first half. I don’t think we have played well today. If you want to win the Champions League or the Premier League, you have to win these games like that. “”
Liverpool, who had only one defeat in the Premier League during this remarkable season, extended his lead at the top of the table temporarily 16 points ahead of Arsenal, second, which has two games in hand.
“This is the sign of a good team, which you can win in different ways,” said Slot, who made three substitutions at halftime, at the BBC.
“I had to change because of the work rate. I don’t think it happened this season a lot. So it was a bad performance in the first half. Not only in the way we played, but also in the energy that we brought. »»
The victory was sandwiched between two games from the 16 -year -old Champions League. They beat Paris St Germain 1-0 Wednesday and welcome the French champions during the return match to Anfield on Tuesday.
“The only good thing is for the first 45 minutes (against Southampton on Saturday), I don’t think they ran at all,” said the Dutch. “I exaggerate a little but they saved their energy.
“For me, it is not a good thing because I think it is better to go all and create habits that I always speak of. But I also know that these players are able to do a lot, a lot, much better with regard to performance and certainly with regard to the work rate. This is also what I’m waiting for this week. »»
Slot refuses to entertain the title conferences EPL
While Liverpool continues its march towards the title of the league, Slot refuses to see it in this way.
“It’s a long way,” he said. “If I am right, Arsenal plays three games before playing the next one. Now he’s 16 but it can be seven when we face Everton in a few weeks. »»
With the month of Liverpool occupied with the Champions League, the FA Cup Action, the League Cup final, as well as the international break, they do not play another championship match before April 2 when they welcome Everton.
