Slaughter: Facing Real Madrid brings out the best in us, maybe the score could have been bigger

November 5th: In this round of the Champions League, Liverpool defeated Real Madrid 1-0 at home. After the game, Liverpool coach Slott was interviewed.

On this win:

"Very happy. It's been a difficult few weeks for us, a lot of away games, almost no rest between games. We've only had two games before this game, but it's the same situation with Real Madrid. If you can play in front of these fans, in front of Real Madrid, it helps because I think it brings out my football." The best form of the players and our fans. We performed very well against a team that has only lost once all season."

Regarding two consecutive clean sheets:

"I said before the game that Mbappe and Vinicius were directly involved in 24 goals. So, if you want to win this game, you have to make sure that these two people. No gains. The whole team defended very well, whether it was high pressure or low defense. Bradley was very good. He was able to play against Vinicius many times. He performed very well today. "

"The only thing I didn't want was the midfield defense, because the two forwards on the other side like to run deep and have incredible timing. We either press them high or we defend low. Never give them space, and in the few moments you give them space, take it back immediately, because 24 of the 26 goals were related to them, which tells you everything you need to know about these two players."

On the team mentality and the pursuit of clean sheets:

"If you want my honest answer, the clean-sheet zone. The difference is the style of play of the teams we face. You can't compare one game where the other team wants to build up from the back and another game where the other team defends low and plays more directly. I think you saw a similar style to last season, but we have to make sure that we can win the game no matter what style of team we face."

"Today's game showed the importance of set pieces for us in the Champions League. Four goals have been scored through set pieces. If we had scored so many set pieces in the Premier League, we would have more points than we do now, but we have not scored one set piece in the Premier League but conceded five. If your set piece data is like this, you will definitely not get many points."

On how to deal with the previous poor record:

"As a head coach, it feels better to win than to lose. You lose and that takes up all your time because you really want to change things, but you also try to keep the same manager and the same people as when you win. I do the same thing and tell them that with the set-piece numbers we have, it's really hard to win, and apart from the Villa game where we won, our chance creation from open play has been good all season. So I try to tell them what's actually going on, not what they're doing every week. All the noise. The only thing I can do is tell them what I think and hope it's convincing enough for them to believe me. "Sunday is another game against a very strong team, but we need to do better in the Champions League and that's what we're going to work on. There's a lot of games ahead for us to prove it."