Arne Slot said that more games make his players physically stronger after booking an additional game in their EFL Cup semi-final in their full schedule.
In their 37th game in less than six months the Premier League Leaders won 4: 0 in Anfield seal a 4: 1 overall victory and set up A Finale against Newcastle In the Wembley Stadium on March 16.
“Some people think that they will get tired, but as long as they do it well, players become stronger by playing many games,” said Slot and identified two key factors in its almost perfect charging.
“I think the more games they play, the more physically they become. If you play together more often, you know better what is expected.
“When I (the players) said for the first time how to get the ball out against (different types of) press from behind, they might be” ok, that should be done “. But the more you face them, the more it will be. “
“It is not normal to reach a final … also for these players. They played many finals, but it should still be something special to go to a final.
Arne Slot says that Liverpool “will never take a final for granted”
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Gakpo “Special”, says Slot
The Dutch Cody Gakpo has stopped the draw as a whole to ensure that he scored a goal in seven successful appearances in Angeldd.
Slot praised the Dutch international, who is the top scorer in the EFL Cup this season with five goals, and his strikers, including Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota, Darwin Nunez, Federico Chiesa and Mohamed Salah.
“We have to make sure that they come into these positions a lot, so they have to run a lot,” said Slot, after Salah had set up the first strike from Gakpo. “They all do that
“In the second half of last season, Cody was something special. During the euro (2024) he was something special for Holland. It doesn’t just come from heaven. It is something he did before. “
“I am always proud to take the boys out, but these opportunities are something special … If the time is there, we will be ready.”
Virgil van Dijk is already planning Wembley
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Liverpool devices
Liverpool are six points in front of the second -placed Arsenal with a game in hand in the Premier League And in the 16th round of the Champions League of 16.
You will take one of the longest trips in English football when you visit the second -class Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup on Sunday (3 p.m. GMT).
The Reds are back in the league campaign when they make their planned visit to Arch-Rivals Everton on Wednesday (7.30 p.m.).
