Slot delighted with 'hard-fought' win in Merseyside derby

Arne Slot says he was not surprised by how hard it was for Liverpool to break Everton down at Anfield

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00:00A hard-fought definitely, but that was not a surprise. Nine games in a row when beaten

00:06Everton. Hardly ever conceded a goal, hardly ever conceded a chance. Defend with ten players

00:13apart from Beto in and around their 18-yard box with players like Tarkovsky and Braithwaite

00:19that is almost of no use to bring across in because they had every ball away. So a team

00:24that is difficult to play against because they're also a threat in a counter-attack

00:29with Beto. And that's what makes it so difficult. So what I like much more today than I liked

00:34it at Goodison Park. At Goodison Park we had ball possession, but we only had ball possession

00:37with our centre-backs and our full-backs. And today, only the first half, I think, if

00:43I say 10, 15 times that Lucio Diaz was 1-3-1 against O'Brien, I don't even think I exaggerate.

00:51But to have that is one thing. To create a chance is a second thing. So that's why we

00:56had to be there so many times, so many times, so many times. And you're hoping that one

01:00time then can be enough. And it was with Djokovic.