New head coach critical of team’s mistakes in win at Wolves as he prepares for first Anfield European night
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot speaks to the media ahead of the Champions League game against Bologna on Wednesday. Photograph: Jan Kruger/Getty Imageswith a 2-1 win at Wolves on Saturday but their new head coach remains critical of aspects of the performance. Slot will become the first Liverpool manager or head coach to win eight of his opening nine matches should his team defeat Bologna in the
Slot said: “We didn’t concede anything in the last 15 minutes – I think they only had two shots in the second half – but in promising situations we lost the ball before it led to a chance, and we lost the ball a few times really easy before it even got to a promising situation. We as a team, if you have so much quality, cannot accept mediocrity.“You have to ask from yourself every second of the day, every second of the game, the highest standards that this shirt brings.
“I don’t lose my temper that much. I don’t think it is a good idea to do it every single day so the players think: ‘There he is again, screaming at us’. But the positive thing about this group is I don’t accept mediocrity and they don’t as well. I saw after the game one or two players maybe more frustrated about that but also about the way they started the game.”for his first European night at Anfield and Liverpool’s 250th game in the Champions League/European Cup.
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