Arne Slot has indicated his Liverpool team for the home game of tomorrow with Southampton that they will not be played with the return game with the return game against Paris Saint-Germain.
Liverpool won an extremely happy 1-0 victory at the Princes Parc on Wednesday evening thanks to a breathtaking performance by goalkeeper Alisson and the replacement of Harvey Elliott’s strike.
They meet again on Tuesday in the second leg of their Champions League, round of the 16th round, and give slot headaches to keep their 13-point lead at the head of the Premier League and keep the players fresh.
Changes expected for Liverpool against low saints
People like Elliott, Darwin Nunez, Curtis Jones and Kostas Tsimikas could definitely come in, but Slot insists that they would not easily treat the saints of the rock.
“The one against Southampton is the most important”‼ ️
According to Arne Slot, future games against PSG and Newcastle will not influence their team selection for Southampton. pic.twitter.com/xcawszagdn
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He said: “When I make the decision to play other players, because I think this is the greatest chance of winning the game tomorrow and not because I want to rest for the game against PSG.
“If there were three, four or five days between the last game and I would probably have started the same 11 again, even if there were only two days in between for the next.
“Since there are only two days in between and we had to fight very hard and it is not the first game after we were on the road for three or four weeks, it is probably the 50th game in three months – I don’t know how many – so take into account that, but they take over the quality of the team with which they are confronted.
Everyone needs a little luck – slot
Slot admitted that the Reds drove their luck in the French capital, but insisted that in every game it was impossible in every game in view of the schedule that included the EFL Cup final against Newcastle next Sunday.
He added: “I would say we were not a bit lucky, we were really lucky, but as Michael Jordan said:” The more difficult you work, the more luck you are “and this is the biggest compliment that you have to give the players.
“You worked incredibly hard and I think we did not control the possession in the second half, not the dominant team, but we checked them better than in the first half.
“If you want to win something, if it is the Premier League or the League Cup, the Champions League or the FA Cup, you have to have a game from time to time in which you don’t play your best football and you are lucky, which may be no luck if you work as hard as we work to get away with a result.
“There are no teams who play 38 games that only play good football. Real Madrid is one of the best examples of this. You will also find a way to win a game when the other team is better than you.
“Our focus is now on Southampton, the first of three finals that will be played in the coming week.”
Liverpool boss praises amazing Alisson
Slot also paid tribute to Brazil International Alisson, who was sensational against PSG.
“I think to become the best goalkeeper in the world that you sometimes need to save the others would not do,” he said. “I think he did one or two on Wednesday. He had two first -class parades for us in big moments. “
Cody Gakpo missed PSG due to an ankle problem and he remains a doubt about the weekend.
“He didn’t train yesterday, so see if he can train with us today,” said Slot. “You close the call again. It is not a long -term injury, but yesterday he still had a little pain so that he couldn’t train. “
