Slot unhappy with Liverpool despite 100% Champions League record | OneFootball

Arne Slot said he was unhappy with the performance from Liverpool against Girona despite watching his side extend their perfect record in this season’s Champions League.

Liverpool made it six wins from six games in Europe after a 1-0 win over the Spanish side on Tuesday night. A second-half penalty from Mohamed Salah was the difference between the teams, as the Reds opened up a five-point advantage at the top of the standings.

Slot’s side have now recorded five consecutive clean sheets in the Champions League, but the Dutchman was not happy with the level from his side in Catalonia.

“If you ask me about all the six games, I’m really pleased with all the results, I am really pleased with the five [other] games with the way we played. I’m far from pleased about the performance tonight.

Asked specifically what he didn’t like about Liverpool’s performance, Slot criticised a lack of intensity in his side’s pressing and a lack of control.

“A lot, but especially two things. If you play against a team that has such a good idea about football, knows how to bring the ball out from the back – like some other teams we faced recently, like [Manchester] City or Real Madrid – then you need to be so intense if you want to make it difficult for them.

“But if every time you are waiting a few seconds before you press, and if you do press you are so easily outplayed, then this team can cause you a lot of problems. That’s what they’ve shown throughout the whole Champions League campaign, except for [against] PSV Eindhoven away.

“I almost feel sorry for them because they deserved so much more in this Champions League campaign than the three points they have until now. But we have an incredible goalkeeper.

“The other part was every time we lost the ball we were not aggressive enough, so every time we lost the ball they could almost every time go all the way to our goal, having a shot or a blocked shot, and then we could attack again. Hardly any control at all over the game; maybe the second half was a bit better, but then I am trying to be positive.”

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