Slot on Liverpool extending Liverpool lead to nine points after 2-0 City win

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Slot on Liverpool extending Liverpool lead to nine points after 2-0 City win  01/12/2024  Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Can we go first? No?

00:04Andy?

00:12Yeah, it was, playing against Real Madrid, playing against Man City,

00:18teams that have been and are so, so good,

00:23with managers that have won so many trophies,

00:27it's always nice to come out in both situations as a winner,

00:31but the reason why these teams won so many things

00:35is that they weren't able to win once or twice,

00:37they were able to win every single three days.

00:40So we're really happy with these two wins,

00:43but we also understand if we want to achieve more than this,

00:46then winning once or twice, even against these big teams,

00:50is not enough to win anything in the end of the season.

00:56Andy?

00:57I wanted to say that was a performance of a potential title winner.

01:04I think if you want to win anything, and that's what I just said,

01:07it's not about what you are able to do, but it's more about the consistency.

01:12So many teams have... Not so many.

01:15Only a few teams maybe have won from City or Real Madrid once in a while,

01:19but it's not about winning once or twice against them.

01:22If you want to win anything, it's all about consistency,

01:25and these teams, like Madrid, like City,

01:28but I saw Arsenal yesterday and I saw Chelsea today,

01:31they are all capable of getting the same winning streak as we had.

01:36So let's not get carried away by one or two wins,

01:39it's all about consistency until the end of the season,

01:41keeping the players fit, keeping them playing with this much energy.

01:45And like you probably saw today, I only had five defenders available,

01:50so to win something in the end, that's such a long way to go

01:55and so many challenges you have to take.

01:58But it's good that we are capable of winning against these teams in our own style.

02:06You've already had a number of fantastic performances,

02:09but in the first half particularly,

02:11is that supposed to always occur every moment?

02:16Yeah, especially the combination with the energy we had

02:19and the energy the crowd had.

02:23I've experienced already a few nice moments here as a manager.

02:27Wednesday night was definitely one of them,

02:29but I think today stood out when it comes to the energy we delivered on the pitch,

02:33but also the energy the fans delivered for us.

02:37Yeah, then probably what we all saw is that being only 1-0 up at half-time,

02:42we would have loved to see a bigger margin,

02:45but I've said it in many interviews already,

02:48I've watched this game so many times.

02:51If I had to play myself, I watched it back,

02:53so I always made sure I could watch this game,

02:56and it's always been great games.

02:58So maybe it's for the fans that were neutral,

03:01they liked that it stayed 1-0 and it was tight till the end.

03:14Yeah, they were both out for a few weeks,

03:17and I've said many times before, it's always difficult to judge

03:21how many weeks this exactly is,

03:23because you can think in the beginning,

03:25oh, it's probably going to be like this,

03:27and then the end stage of an injury process can always differ a bit.

03:31But they will not be in the team this week, for sure, both of them.

03:37And actually, I don't think Kostas will be with us in the upcoming week as well.

03:44Yeah, these players that we have available now,

03:48it's important for them now, even more than normally, for them to stay fit,

03:53and that's also why I took Trent off after 70 minutes.

03:56He was able to play longer, he played a very good game,

03:59defended really well again, and was a major threat in attack,

04:03because I think he was the one that played the ball towards Romo,

04:06which led to the 1-0.

04:08But knowing that we play Newcastle Wednesday

04:11and Saturday at the Merseyside Derby,

04:13with only five available, we have to take care of them.

04:16And that's why it was so pleasing to see the ones that came in,

04:19Joe and Gerrard, and did so well.

04:21Even Gerrard was in an unfamiliar position for him.

04:26Just coming from another angle,

04:28this is the first time Guardiola has ever experienced a run like this.

04:32As a rival manager, subjecting him to that,

04:35do you feel any sympathy, or do you just not look at it in that way?

04:42You feel sympathy or empathy with the managers that are in a really bad place.

04:47They've lost many games, they're down at the bottom of the league,

04:53but Pep has won so many things.

04:56And he's shown so many times already,

04:59that's why the league is not decided in November or December.

05:05Last season they were eight points behind Arsenal,

05:08I think somewhere in February.

05:10No-one has to feel empathy or sorry for Pep,

05:14maybe for other managers, but not for Pep.

05:16He's won so many things and he will be able to bring City back.

05:22And they're actually still at the top of the table,

05:24but even more than they are now.

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