Liverpool boss Arne Slot said the outside world doesn't affect the players but admits they've had a great start ahead of their clash with Aston Villa
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
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00:00Arnaut, just to build on something you were asked there,
00:03in terms of the expectation, you spoke about what it's like with the players amongst the squad,
00:08but the wider Liverpool group, the fans, all the noise around the club,
00:14the start that you've made has been historic, it's been remarkable,
00:17so do you try and keep a lid on people's expectations of you and your team,
00:22or do you allow people to dream a little bit?
00:25I always feel and think that what the outside world is talking about,
00:32that is not always what comes inside the training ground,
00:36like the AXA or at my former clubs at Feyenoord.
00:39We are there to do our work and to become a better player on a daily basis,
00:44or to keep having the same level.
00:47We are not inside this building, OK, the screens are on and we see all the time,
00:52all these news coming along, but never on the news it says,
00:55oh, Liverpool is doing great, Liverpool is doing great.
00:58We are just here to do our work, and it's not the first time that this club is where it is at the moment.
01:06So I think for most of these players it's a normal situation,
01:11and I don't think they get carried away at all by us being top of the league at the moment,
01:15because they know how small the margins are when it comes to our results,
01:19and also how small the margins are when you look at the amount of points we are ahead of the other teams.
01:25And what about the fans, do you ask them to keep their feet on the ground,
01:29or are you quite happy for them to get excited and wonder about what can come?
01:35If the end result is them being excited to bring the atmosphere they brought
01:40in the second half against Brighton and the whole game against Liverpool,
01:42I'm hoping they will keep being excited for as long as they possibly can be,
01:47because that atmosphere helped us in both games a lot.
01:50So, yeah, maybe that's your answer.