Arne Slot ahead of Liverpool's match against Plymouth Argyle on Sunday ⤵️
🗣Slot confirms Sunday will be 'too early' for Trent to return from injury - 'difficult to say' if he'll be fit for the Merseyside derby on Wednesday but 'if he is fit then we will use him'
🗣Slot confirms that Alisson was only rested last night, no injury concern.
🗣Slot confirms that Tyler Morton has a shoulder injury which is expected to rule him out for 'four weeks or longer'
🗣️ Slot on Darwin Nunez: “Better indeed, in general we use the No.9 better and better than we did in the beginning of the season, in the beginning of the season we were quite dependent on our wingers.”
🗣️ Slot on team selection for Sunday: "It's important for some players who don't play a lot to play, so that they are ready for when we need them. We will definitely use a few that we haven't used much."
🗣️ Slot on Van Dijk: "Virgil deserves all the credit he gets and yesterday was an example of that. He was aggressive, he led the team with and without the ball. He was sharp and ready, and it was no coincidence it took 80 minutes for [Spurs'] first shot on target."
"I hope I can work with him for a long time."
🗣️ Slot on Bradley's assist for Szoboszlai: "It was a great choice because Macca had the ball. If Macca has the ball I would make the run as a teammate as well because he will find you with the perfect pass. Of course, we always have Ibou and Virgil behind the ball as well as Ryan."
🗣️ Slot on Conor Bradley: "I think it's fair to say that, for many positions, we have two very good players. I can go through the whole team. It's normal when you work at a club for this magnitude. Right full-back is definitely a position where that is true."
🗣️ Slot on players' family lives: "They have to be at home as well to be a father and a husband. If you are only a player for 15 years with only 3 weeks off, and if you can only be a father or husband for 3 weeks a year, that is not normal. We take that into account."
🗣️ Slot on chasing four trophies: "I wasn't here last season so I can only tell you we are now in a good place. The players are fit and ready. We're in a good place but we also know how long the season still is and the difficult challenges we still have."
🗣️ Slot on James McConnell: "He is competing with the other midfielders. He always gives everything he has. Tyler Morton is out with an injury for a while, so that means he was maybe our sixth midfielder and James is taking that position now."
🗣️ Slot on which goalkeeper will play in Carabao Cup final: "We never know the situation around the final, so I cannot guarantee anything so far in advance."
🗣️ Slot on Aston Villa game being brought forward to this month: "We want to compete for every trophy and competition, so we cannot complain about the amount of games. I don't see it an advantage or a disadvantage. We play Sunday-Wednesday; Villa will probably do the same."
🗣️ Slot on having a near fully-fit squad: "It's something you want. If the games grow and grow, you need the players. I praise the performance staff and the players, how fit they want to stay, how professional they are before and after sessions, so it is no surprise."
🗣️ Slot again calls for 23-player matchday squads: "If you are a club that plays so many games, then you have to have 22/23 players. To go to a game with 20 is no problem, but you want to create something and give academy players a chance once in a while. It's a big problem for academy players."
