I’m also not massively sold on Alonso coming in, I most defiantly don’t want to watch 3 at the back & worry he struggled at Madrid, still another gamble for me
"Manchester City out-performed their xg by a mile" 👀
Arne Slot reflects on the 'big disappointment' of losing 4-0 to Manchester City in the FA Cup and what it'll take for Liverpool to avenge the result against PSG in the Champions League 🔴
🚨 Virgil van Dijk: “We have all the responsibility, we are the ones on the pitch”.
“It’s very difficult. I feel bad for the fans”.
“We know how the world works and we have to stick together even how difficult it is. It’s just a big blow to go out of the FA Cup”.
🚨 Virgil Van Dijk on the Liverpool fans leaving the stadium early:
“I can understand that. Obviously they have been going through ups and downs lately as well. And obviously we would love for them to stay until the end but if we are 4-0 down and the way we played in the second half, then I can understand the anger. Obviously at my time at Liverpool, we have been going through tough times and at the moment it’s a tricky one as well.”
Liverpool's remaining fixtures:
• Wednesday April 8: PSG (A) - Champions League quarter-final first leg.
• Saturday April 11: Fulham (H) - Premier League.
• Tuesday April 14: PSG (H) - Champions League quarter-final second leg.
• Sunday April 19: Everton (A) - Premier League.
• Saturday April 25: Crystal Palace (H) - Premier League.
• Sunday May 3: Man Utd (A) - Premier League.
• Saturday May 9: Chelsea (H) - Premier League.
• Sunday May 17: Aston Villa (A) - Premier League.
• Sunday May 24: Brentford (H) - Premier League.
Arne Slot admits Liverpool lacked “fighting spirit” in key moments and failed to do the basics right as they suffered a humiliating defeat at the Etihad.
nytimes.com/athletic/71718…
I think this season has proved what a lot of us believed at the time - last season was more about Klopp than it was Slot and he’s then dismantled everything Klopp built
🚨 Dominik Szoboszlai:
“I don't know. When you do something and there is no result for it it makes no sense. We had chances and missed them, we conceded an easy penalty. We lose 4-0. We cannot concede as much as we concede. Nothing else to say.”
Slot's message to the fans: "We don’t want them to leave early. We have to perform better. We have to show now that we react after a loss like this. After all the disappointments we've had this season the fans have always been supportive and they were even today.
"They were very loud in the first half. It is up to us to react for them and for ourselves. We need to play like we did for the first 35 minutes but in moments of defending we need to be much more ruthless."
Virgil Van Dijk on the Champions League:
“Very important to try and get [this loss] out of the system. At the moment I can only speak for myself, this is a big blow. It’s tough to take, especially the way. The reality is mid-week there’s a very good PSG waiting for us.”
🚨 Virgil van Dijk on how much responsibility the players feel:
“We have all the responsibility, we are the ones on the pitch. We know how the world works and we have to stick together even how difficult it is. It’s just a big blow to go out of the FA Cup.”