Liverpool's Slot on 3-2 win over Brighton in last 16 of League Cup

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot reacts to their 3-2 win over Brighton and Hove Albion in the last 16 of the League Cup Amex Stadium, Brighton, UK

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00:00Jürgen, given the changes you made to the team,

00:04are you pleased with the way they saw out to what was a difficult game?

00:09Yeah, if you have to come up here, you know it's going to be a difficult game

00:13because of the style of play, because of the recruitment they had here over the last few years.

00:18And then to get away here with a result, with a win,

00:23is of course very pleasing for the long term.

00:26I really liked what I see from players that haven't played that much this season yet,

00:31that they were able to play the similar style that we usually do,

00:36and they brought quality into the game,

00:40so that makes it even harder for me to make line-ups in the upcoming weeks.

00:45I mean, Kody's been in a good moment for quite a while now, hasn't he?

00:48Yeah, but I think Kody has been, in my opinion though,

00:53for I think the second half of the season last year he's scored a lot of goals already,

00:57so he's been a good player for Liverpool for a long time now,

01:00and he continues doing that, and that's a good thing.

01:05Just on Kody, how close is he to being a regular starter after you've been one of your first-choice players?

01:11Does it help his performance?

01:14Yeah, for me he is a regular starter.

01:18He's not starting every game, but he started on a regular basis.

01:23He's in a tough competition with Lucio Diaz,

01:28who the moment he went to the left also scored a goal,

01:32so that's normal if you play at a club like Liverpool,

01:34you've got two quality players for many positions.

01:38If you look at the way Joe Gomez played, and also Gerard Kwanzaa,

01:41who was maybe a bit unlucky with the goal we conceded,

01:43but his overall performance from the both of them I liked as well.

01:47But yeah, they're in competition with Virgil and Ibu.

01:51Yeah, that's what you have when you play at Liverpool,

01:53but for me Kody has been a regular starter this season.

01:56You've got an amazing away record so far in England,

02:00is there any one game that you've won all the other ones,

02:03and what do you put that down to?

02:05Yeah, a bit of everything, so maybe in some situations the fixture list,

02:09in some situations it's just the quality of the players we can put on the team sheet.

02:17And I think it's also our playing style that helps us,

02:20but, yeah, and then it's only been 14 games, something like this.

02:28But it's been a very good start away from home, but also at home,

02:32and we need a good form on Saturday as well, because we came here knowing it was a good team,

02:38and that's also what they've shown today,

02:41so we need to be on top of our game for Saturday again.

02:44Whenever you've been asked about the goal-giving department,

02:46you always sort of mention Yaros as part of that three,

02:50you made some really big key saves at key moments today,

02:54how did you feel about his performance, but with the ball at his feet as well?

02:58Yeah, I like the last thing you say, because everybody could see how important his saves were.

03:03I think the first big chance of the game was for them, where he saved a one-versus-one,

03:09and in the second half, of course, we all remember one or two saves he made as well.

03:13But you also added to that how comfortable he was with the ball on his foot,

03:17making the right choices, when to go short, when to clip the ball long towards the striker,

03:22and it helped also for him the quality Gerard Kwanzaa and Joe Coman brought in build-up,

03:27so I liked that triangle today a lot in ball possession.

03:34Jürgen, what was it like managing the minutes of the play today?

03:38What were the attacks you had at the back of the game?

03:40You were bringing in a striker as well, so did you want to see what you were hoping to see?

03:43As far as Jones and David today, did you think they did what they missed?

03:50Yeah, I think they did.

03:53It is always, if you play those two without a nine,

03:57you're always a bit worried if you have enough runs in behind the last line,

04:01because these two also like to play into the midfield and to make combinations over there,

04:05to make triangles over there.

04:08But I think what they did really well was combining,

04:12trying to become an extra player on the midfield,

04:14but don't forget to make the deep runs as well.

04:17And it helped that Luis Diaz and Cody Kakpo were a constant threat in behind also.

04:23In general, I liked what I saw. I prefer to play with a number nine,

04:29but if they are not available, and of course we are now available,

04:32but I think it was not good for him to start today after playing three games

04:38and the upcoming schedule, then this was the result of what we tried to come up with.

04:45And the players did really well, in my opinion.

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