141224 slot on Liverpool 2-2 Fulham.mp4

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Arne Slot relieved after ten man Liverpool comeback to draw 2-2 with Fulham  14/12/2024  Anfield stadium, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Jürgen, do you look at that as a glass-half-full or glass-half-empty,

00:14positive or negative, the way you managed to come back in those circumstances?

00:21Yeah, I think it's exactly the opposite from our Girona game,

00:27where I was pleased with the result but not with the performance.

00:31But I was only pleased with the result, now I'm very, very, very happy about our performance.

00:37I couldn't have asked for more, but of course not with the result,

00:40because if you drop points in a home game against Fulham,

00:43that's definitely not what you expect and what you want.

00:48But yeah, being two times a goal down, so many things go against you,

00:54except for one thing, that is our players and our fans, and that was outstanding today.

01:01Jürgen, you said on a bit of a television interview

01:05that Andy Roberts was potentially injured a bit,

01:08and you thought he would have been a bit quicker otherwise.

01:11Was it the case that you considered taking him off, and how is he?

01:16No, I think what the team showed today, the character they showed,

01:19that is also what Robbo showed, and sometimes if you get a kick like this,

01:23two studs on a knee, that can hurt for a few minutes,

01:26and then if you just keep on running it gets better and better,

01:29and that's what we were hoping for.

01:31Not in the least, if that's the way to say it,

01:33because I only had one defender on the bench, which is not a left full-back as well.

01:40So you were hoping he was managing to come through it, and I think he did quite well,

01:44but the moment I noticed that he wasn't completely himself

01:48was the one time that they put the ball in behind and he started running,

01:52he was just able to head it back to Ali, but I felt, OK, let's see how this continues,

01:57and I think it was quite fast afterwards where he conceded the red card.

02:04Nothing to blame on him, character that he wanted to continue,

02:07because he got quite a hard knock on his knee with two studs.

02:12So, unfortunately, it led to a red card that was a deserved red card.

02:20You mentioned the inters of David Robertson early on,

02:23were you surprised he was only given the yellow for that one,

02:26given how high it was at the time, or had a chance to do it back?

02:31If I look back at the 100 minutes I saw, I wasn't surprised he didn't give a red card.

02:41It's up to you how you want to read this comment.

02:45No, but it's been judged by the VAR,

02:49I didn't even see it because someone stood in front of me,

02:52so I was, why is he on the ground?

02:54And then people told me, oh, he got quite a hard knock.

02:59But, yeah, the referee gave a yellow, the VAR didn't change it, so it can happen.

03:08How impressed were you with Robertson's performance on the back three?

03:13Impressed, like everyone who was in the stadium or saw the game.

03:17Ryan did outstanding again today, without the ball he was mostly in our last line,

03:24had to play sometimes against the nine, against Wingers who are really fast,

03:30and with the ball he came into the midfield.

03:33But an outstanding performance from him, but if we only highlight him,

03:37I don't think I give enough credit to all the other ones that played next to him

03:42and around him, because they all couldn't have asked for more.

03:47Dominate the game, more ball possession with ten men,

03:49more chances created, everything what you want.

03:53Unfortunately for us, maybe the only chance they got with ten men led to a goal.

04:02So, yeah, that sometimes happens as well.

04:04Greg?

04:06When you go down to ten men,

04:07are you very clear on what you know what you want to do next?

04:10Can you prepare for that?

04:13No, because you never know which player is going to go out and which team you've lined up,

04:17so it always depends on the players you have available how you are going to react to that.

04:22Are you one goal down, are you one goal up?

04:24So that makes a difference.

04:25So if you're one goal up, you might consider to defend with a lot of players.

04:30So then I might have considered to bring immediately a defender in,

04:33but if you're one goal down, you see it differently.

04:36So first you take a look at the tactic board and you think,

04:38oh, this might be a good option, and that's what we did for five minutes.

04:42But looking at it, it looked better on the tactic board than on the pitch,

04:49with Cody being a left-back.

04:52So we changed that after five minutes and our message got across, I think,

04:57even better at half-time, where you can tell them even more clearly what we expect from them.

05:04And then it helps if you immediately score the 1-1, what doesn't help,

05:07we had great momentum that the game was again delayed for three, four, five minutes

05:14immediately after we scored the goal, because they were on the ground.

05:18And that happened a bit too much for us to keep the momentum going.

05:22So everybody's saying, yeah, you've played quite a lot of time, that's true.

05:25But the momentum is then like this if every time there's a treatment for an injury.

05:35Lewis.

05:36You must be delighted with your subs as well, Diogo and Darwin coming on,

05:41getting the point at the end of that?

05:44Yeah, first of all, we're delighted to have some players back,

05:47because we've had our injuries.

05:51The good thing is that nobody spoke about it, because that means you get results.

05:55But to have them available at this moment of time was really helpful,

05:59because there are two journalists over here,

06:02so they were not surprised maybe by the substitutions I made.

06:06Maybe you as well, you weren't.

06:07But we just thought, bring all the players in that can score a goal.

06:12And then to see them working so hard without the ball,

06:15so we had five or six players who are mainly offensive players,

06:20but them to be able, with ten, to keep the other team away from goal

06:23and still create chances was great to see.

06:27And indeed, Jota, Darwin had impact, but Harvey had impact as well,

06:32being out for two months now.

06:34It's good to have him back also.

06:37Thank you, everyone.

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