Always tough against newly promoted team - Slot
Liverpool boss Arne Slot said newly promoted Ipswich will post a tough test for his side in the Dutchman's first Premier League game in charge
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
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00:00Arno, when you're coming off the pre-season that's been so analysed,
00:04intently watched from the outside,
00:06how excited are you to get the first game under way that actually means something?
00:11For me, the games in pre-season meant something as well,
00:14although you don't get points for it,
00:16but I think it's important to prepare the team for the Premier League.
00:20Now we are excited to start the season against a promoted team
00:25that did really, really well in the last few years under their manager,
00:28and it's interesting to see what's going to happen tomorrow.
00:33How hard is it to prepare for a match against a team
00:37that had a 22-year absence from the Premier League?
00:40Not harder than if you had to prepare them for a team
00:44that was in the Premier League for 22 years,
00:47because we also saw their games from last season,
00:50we saw their games in pre-season,
00:52so I don't think that's more difficult
00:54than if they would have been in the Premier League for a long time.
00:57It is true that in a newly promoted club there's a lot of positivity around a club like this.
01:03As people told me, every game in the Premier League is going to be an intense game,
01:11and there are no easy games, and that is something we can expect tomorrow as well.
01:18A promoted team that only had a lot of positives in recent years
01:23will come up against us, really looking forward to it.
01:27But we are really looking forward to the game as well.