Liverpool boss Arne Slot on their run-in and the hopes of sealing the Premier League title as they prepare for a Merseyside Derby with Everton
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
Melwood, Liverpool, UK
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00:00After a disappointing result, sometimes the manager or players say,
00:03we want to play again as quickly as possible to get out of our systems,
00:06but it's been 15, 16 days since Wembley,
00:09what's the feeling here? Are you now desperate to play?
00:13Is that the sense you're getting?
00:15I definitely am, because it's been 15 or 16 days, or even longer,
00:18before I last managed a game, but many of our players played one week ago,
00:24important games for the national team.
00:27But everybody can understand the position we are in at the moment,
00:32that we're all looking so much forward to the upcoming nine games.
00:38So, yeah, players are refreshed, in my opinion.
00:42But it wasn't all negative, we've played a final,
00:45so we've managed to play a final against a very good Newcastle team,
00:48and we had one great game and the other we defended really well against Paris Saint-Germain,
00:56which was, in my opinion, the best game in the Champions League so far.
01:00And we got beaten by a very, very good team, but what a game we played as well.
01:05So, yeah, you can always look at the result, which was not the way we wanted in two games,
01:10but I was proud of our performance against Paris Saint-Germain,
01:14it was maybe the best game we've played this season.
01:18But unfortunately we lost it on penalties.
01:25Hi, Arnaud, you described the previous three matches as being Cup finals,
01:29I just wondered if you take that attitude into this game
01:32and into the remaining league games you have,
01:34despite the fact you've got a good lead at the top of the Premier League?
01:39Yeah, but in the final stages of the season every game matters,
01:44and, yeah, if I now again say it's going to be nine finals,
01:49yeah, it is for every team, but it was a bit, because we played the final,
01:53I use the word, we played three finals in a row,
01:56because Paris Saint-Germain was also a knock-out game.
01:59But, yeah, these games are very important for us, the upcoming nine,
02:04starting with the following one, and that's Everton.
02:07Not only because it's the Merseyside derby,
02:09also because we are in such a great position in the league.