Arne Slot has stated Liverpool ‘confirmed up’ to go the ‘hardest’ check of his reign towards Chelsea.
Liverpool moved again to the highest of the Premier League with a hard-fought 2-1 win on Sunday, as objectives from Mohamed Salah and Curtis Jones earned the factors for the Reds.
Salah slammed within the first from the penalty spot after the spectacular Jones was introduced down by Levi Colwill, however Chelsea discovered an equaliser three minutes after the restart by Nicolas Jackson.
Jones, who noticed a second penalty gained overturned by VAR simply earlier than the break, discovered the winner as he ghosted into the realm to transform from Salah’s right-wing cross.
Liverpool weren’t at their finest and conceded the vast majority of possession to their guests, although Slot was happy with the combat his aspect confirmed. The Dutchman was delighted with an necessary three factors forward of a tricky run of fixtures for the Merseysiders.
Slot says Chelsea ‘hardest’ check of his Liverpool tenure
“Many different video games have been onerous however this might need been the toughest perhaps due to the quantity of high quality gamers they’ve and the construction they’ve. We needed to combat actually onerous to get this one over the road,” Slot stated, chatting with MOTD.
“We defended so robust by the entire group. There was unbelievable work fee. The sport turned troublesome for us as a result of there have been a number of selections in my view that didn’t go for us, probably the most essential was after we thought we had the penalty earlier than half time. To go 2-0 earlier than half time would make a large distinction from 1-0. Then we conceded however we stepped up once more and scored the second.
“The higher the groups you face the extra you want it [fight]. Within the Premier League there are such a lot of good groups so if you wish to win no less than it’s essential combat after which hopefully the people could make the distinction.
“It helps in the event you play towards a Chelsea, it’s a large recreation and everybody feels it. We felt it and the followers felt it as a result of they have been there for us right now.
“We confirmed up, that was crucial factor.”
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