Slot on his red card in the Merseyside Derby

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot speaks for the first time on his red card at the end of their 2-2 draw with Everton in the Merseyside Derby as they prepare to face Wolves this weekend Melwood, Liverpool, UK

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00:00It would be interesting to get your reaction from Wednesday night,

00:04any further clarification for us on why the red card was issued?

00:10Are we able to understand how and why?

00:13There's an ongoing process now and I think I have to respect it,

00:20we have to respect that, so I can't go into details.

00:23So if you specific your question a bit more, maybe I can answer something,

00:26but not into the details.

00:29Do you feel it was because of the handshake then?

00:33Was there anything that you directly said to Michael Ripper

00:36that would have deemed disrespectful?

00:39I think what happened was that the extra time,

00:44the intentional five minutes that ended up being eight,

00:47there happened a lot and the emotions got the better of me,

00:52and if I could do that differently,

00:56if I look back at it I would love to do it differently,

00:59I'm hoping to do it differently next time as well,

01:02but what has exactly been said or what has happened,

01:06I just told you there's an ongoing process and I don't want to disturb that.

01:10So what are your reflections on your side's overall performance

01:14and the result then on Wednesday?

01:19It felt immediately after the referee blew his whistle that we lost two points,

01:24but during the whole 98 minutes I didn't feel constantly

01:29that we were the ones that were going to win the game,

01:32it felt like an equal game and a draw would have been maybe a fair result,

01:36but with us leading after 97 minutes we were quite close to winning the game,

01:41so it felt as if we dropped two points.

01:44But I think we won a lot Wednesday as well,

01:47and what I mean by that is if I look at the togetherness of the team

01:50together with the fans,

01:52how much they fought together to get the result over the line,

01:55we've been praised so many times this season about how well these players can play,

02:01but they showed a different side of themselves Wednesday,

02:04in my opinion also much better than the year before,

02:07they were mentally so, so, so strong during a game that was played

02:13maybe in the most difficult circumstances for them as well,

02:16and to stay strong together, to fight so hard, to be mentally so strong,

02:23that gives me a lot, a lot, a lot of confidence for the upcoming 14 games.

02:27I already knew how well they can play,

02:31but the togetherness they showed during 98 minutes

02:35shows me that we are a very, very difficult team to beat.

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