Slot on Chiesa and Elliott return and other fitness issues

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on the importance of getting players back like Harvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa and the fitness of other players for their clash with Tottenham Melwood, Liverpool, UK

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00:00At a busy time of the year, how good is it to have something like Harvey Elliott now back,

00:06fit and playing, and being able to play in slightly different roles as well within a game?

00:11How much of a boost is that for you at the moment?

00:13Every time a player comes back from an injury or a player is available is a boost for us,

00:18for the team, because it has shown now many times already that we need every player.

00:24You saw this in the Fulham game, so you're talking now about the Southampton game,

00:28you're talking about the Fulham game, the way Djoko came in, the way Harvey came in,

00:33the impact they had at Darwin with an assist as well.

00:38So, yeah, in this league, especially if you also play Premier League

00:43and you're still in the League Cup and in the second half of the season we get the FA Cup,

00:47it's also so important to have all your players back, and Harvey is one of them.

00:51And similarly, Kiezer, more minutes for him now,

00:54is he getting strong in our clubs to where you want him to be?

00:57Yeah, he definitely is, because you see him on the pitch now,

01:01it means he's getting stronger and he's getting better.

01:04He had to adapt for quite a long time, I've said so many times,

01:10as expected if you miss team training sessions for so long,

01:15and then you go to a league where the intensity is so high as well,

01:18and to a team that plays with a lot of intensity.

01:22But, yeah, he is getting stronger,

01:24and he's also facing a lot of competition in the right-wing position.

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