The 7th round of the Premier League match will be staged in the early hours of Sunday morning, and the defending champion Liverpool will go to Stamford Bridge to challenge Chelsea. At a press conference before this game, Reds coach Slot talked about...
Regarding the team's injury situation
Allison will not be included in the roster, nor will he report to the Brazilian national team, he will miss Saturday's game. Ekitic participated in the team training again today, and so did Chiesa Jr. I would be surprised if Allison could play in the first game after the international match, but the specific situation depends on his recovery speed.
About Mamadashvili
We know that we have brought in a very good goalkeeper, and when Mamadashvili makes his debut, it is the best way to test whether he is adapting to the team. It wasn't surprising that we saw him fit in well with our club against Southampton, as he was a high-level goalkeeper. Now, he can guard the goal for the team as Kelleher has done many times in the past.
About Alison's situation? I'm not a doctor, so I can't tell you if it's the same every time. My main concern is his recovery situation, and there are other people in the club who can give you more detailed answers.
About losing to Galatasaray
I saw a team trying everything for good results. Unlike the game against Crystal Palace, we performed better in the second landing and were as close to getting good results as in that game. Last season, our gap was minimal, and this season is still the case. We are working to find a way that is not just about luck or set pieces, but is able to adapt better to the game.
Ekitic made two breakthroughs and tried his best to maintain his position, but the opponent's player fell to the ground and looked like he had suffered the worst impact. We need to be stronger so that these factors don’t affect us.
About Isaac
I told Isaac that the difficulty is that he will get a chance, but if he adds up his game time to date, it may not be more than two 90 minutes of games. We took over his situation in Newcastle, because we knew it in advance, so it was not an excuse.
The key is that Isaac must adapt to his teammates, and his teammates must adapt to him. He had a good chance to fight back against Crystal Palace, but the midfielder didn't see it. These are the places they need to improve, but it will be more difficult than last season, because of the location issues of Arnold, McAllister, Bradley and Sobosloy.
The second half of last season has many similarities with this season. The main difference is that we scored 7 goals in set pieces last season, and we have lost 4 this season. We performed very well in the second half of last season, and we also had a lot of set pieces this season, but we have not scored goals yet. Conat had a great chance against Galatasaray and Crystal Palace. I'm happy with the number of opportunities created, but we need to score more goals.
I don't think we're doing too many different things, but other teams are changing. Nowadays, other teams have adopted completely different tactics against us, and we have to find ways to deal with it. Last season was set pieces and we haven't done that yet this season.
About Bradley and Flynnon
Bradley and Flynnon were out of the game due to injury at the beginning of the season. While they have recovered from injuries, we believe it is unrealistic to play in the Wednesday match immediately after three to four weeks of absence.
About Salah
The opponents Salah faced were different from the first half of last season. If we compare the away game against Manchester United, they tried to attack from the backcourt, and Onana kept using long pass tactics at home, that's where the change lies.
We don't score as many goals in the sports game as the first half of last season, and this is where we are working to improve. As we adopt more new tactical systems, things will get better and better. However, we are still struggling with finding more sports goals.
About Conat
If you lose like you did against Galatasaray and Crystal Palace, it is obviously not a good thing to lose the ball easily. This did happen in two games, but it wasn't the only one. He made such a mistake only once in every game. When you lose, people focus on those mistakes, which leads to a terrible performance throughout the game, but I won't analyze the game like that.
However, in the last two games, we have obviously made several uncommon turnovers. If you do something people are not used to and lose, the coach will usually be criticized.
