Trophy haul will help Salah's Ballon d'Or bid, says Slot

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00:00Yeah, it's mostly about attackers, isn't it?

00:04Although the last winner was, I think, a midfielder.

00:06But, yeah, it's a good thing that Mo is in the discussion,

00:09because it means he does well and it means we are doing well.

00:13But for him to stay in that discussion,

00:15he should bring in the same performances as he's done for seven or eight months now.

00:20And I think in general, someone that wins the Ballon d'Or

00:24needs to win something as well, so it's a great challenge that is in front of us,

00:28but also in front of him, and what I liked a lot is that he takes this challenge

00:32not only by scoring a big goal and a great assist against City,

00:37but he also wanted the team to win, because his defensive work rate,

00:40especially in the second half, was outstanding,

00:44and that is, I think, what it takes for us to have a chance of winning something.

00:49And if we as a team can win something,

00:52he will have a far better chance to win an individual prize like the Ballon d'Or.

00:58OK, guys, one minute, let's go, yeah!

01:09Go full intensity, forward and make the run, yeah, go, go, fast, fast, fast, yes, go!

01:17It's so difficult to compare players with each other, and it's not fair to anyone,

01:22I think Mo has his own career and Mo has been outstanding,

01:25Messi and Ronaldo both didn't play in the Premier League,

01:28but I don't want to bring them down, because these two players are incredible,

01:32but that makes the comparison maybe even more difficult.

01:35So Mo has had some outstanding seasons here at Liverpool,

01:42and we hope he can continue this for a longer period of time,

01:46but to do that he first has to extend his contract, of course.

01:50And you guys don't ask me about that anymore, so that's a positive.

01:59It's an understatement to say that he's in a fine form, I think he's in excellent form.

02:04Also, over there it's the team performance that will help us controlling him,

02:11so the more ball possession we have the easier it is to control him,

02:15although he's definitely a threat on the counter-attack as well.

02:18The good thing for us is that we've got two centre-backs

02:21that are probably one of the best players that are able to play against him.

02:29I don't say this in perfect English, but what I mean is that we've got two very, very good centre-backs,

02:34and that's definitely what you need if you want to face a striker with the quality of Alexander Isak.

02:43That they can score a lot of goals, and that's what I was just talking to you about,

02:48they have so much offensive threat.

02:51And I think normally they are not a team that concedes so many goals,

02:54because they are very aggressive in defending as well,

02:57as I saw out of interest, not for this game, but just out of interest in the semi-final against Arsenal.

03:03Now, we all know how well Arsenal is when it comes to attacking,

03:06also in defending, but in this situation in attacking,

03:10and they just kept them away from their goal with defending really strong,

03:14maybe a bit similar to what we did at City,

03:17so defending with 10 or 11 players.

03:20So, yeah, they can score goals, but they are also able to defend really strong,

03:26and that's what makes them such a difficult team to play against.

03:29Is he going to be all right?

03:32Yeah, I think he will. He will train with us today.

03:35Conor doesn't, he's out for a few weeks, so I cannot exactly tell how many,

03:41but it's clear that he went off with a muscle injury,

03:45and that's going to take a while before he's back.

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