[Arne Slot / Sky Sports] “Q: “Are you wary of people getting carried away?”
==> A: “No, we’re Liverpool.” …Arne Slot says that his team aren’t getting ‘carried away’ with being top of the Premier League
[Arne Slot / Sky Sports] “Q: “Are you wary of people getting carried away?”
==> A: “No, we’re Liverpool.” …Arne Slot says that his team aren’t getting ‘carried away’ with being top of the Premier League
* **On whether he’s wary of people ‘getting carried away about being top of the table’…**
No, we are Liverpool, so players are used to being on top of the league. It would be very weird if a player at Liverpool is all of a sudden with his head in the clouds. So, no. But if we don’t play well tomorrow, people will probably come up with that instead of saying that Palace did well or we maybe did other things wrong. But I don’t see this and it would definitely not be normal – for two reasons. These players are experienced enough to understand the league table after six games as well and the schedule we have compared to some other teams. Second of all, Virgil, Ali [Alisson Becker], Trent, Robbo [Andy Robertson], Mo, they won the league here, they won the Champions League here. For them it’s a nice thing to be on the top of the table, but I’m not expecting them to watch their mobile every second of the day seeing them being top of the table.
* **On 12.30pm kick-offs away from home…**
In general, I think the league where I’m coming from in Holland, they are more aware and try to help the teams that play in Europe more than it happens over here. But to be fair to the English FA, our schedule here is so tight that it’s so, so difficult. And I think it’s something that has to do with the people that are sitting in front of me, so television stations – I have a feeling I do an interview every day. That’s why we play at 12.30 because I think they can pick which team they want to have on at 12.30 and then it’s nine out of 10 times Liverpool is included. I don’t think it has so much to do with the 12.30 kick-off, for me it has to do [with] that every away game is difficult.
I showed them last week that 10 out of 19 away games last season didn’t lead to a win. So you can then argue if it’s 12.30 or is it just difficult to play an away game? And we can come up with Newcastle, Forest and there were two others where there were last-second winners. So, that shows you how difficult it is to play an away game, especially for us, in this league. Because we play so many times then at 12.30, people talk about 12.30. I think we have to talk about an away game and [how] that is difficult, because if 12.30 was a difficult time to perform then I’m a really stupid manager because we train every day at 12 o’clock. I don’t see the idea behind it being that difficult performing at that time.
Sir, the answer to your question is: may I remind we are at Liverpool?
Next question please.
Techno-Falafel on
I love this response. Succinct and to the point, much like all of his responses.
On a related note, I remember Klopp was asked something similar during our title winning season and he said “The supporters should 100% get carried away and enjoy it” Perfect Klopp like response.
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This guy doesn’t miss…
westernmullet on
“No, were Liverpool” – elite answer from the gaffer
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Usual Slot W.
Some_Farm8108 on
this man will pen a literary masterpiece in victorian english and then proceed to ask “is that something you guys also say here? .. yeah ok.”
Dangling-Pointr on
Need a new flair: No we’re Liverpool
RobotPizzaMaker on
asking the most-winning English club whether they’re getting carried away with sitting atop the table after 6 games and Slot actually gave it a full reply. I think Slot is beginning to understand the level of sports journalism here, from now on it’s a marathon of endurance
Ha-Ur-Ra-Sa on
I know it’s still early stages, but can’t help be continuously impressed by him. Whether it’s tactics he’s talking about or questions like this, he responds confidently, but not arrogantly, and is realistic, while also keeping the last few seasons in mind. Also helps he’s not a charisma black hole like a certain other bald, Dutch manager.
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Link to tweet/ video: [https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1842146464492831103](https://x.com/SkySportsPL/status/1842146464492831103)
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The official LFC transcript = a better summary than the Sky Sports tweet/headline.
[https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/every-word-arne-slots-press-conference-ahead-crystal-palace-v-liverpool](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/every-word-arne-slots-press-conference-ahead-crystal-palace-v-liverpool)
* **On whether he’s wary of people ‘getting carried away about being top of the table’…**
No, we are Liverpool, so players are used to being on top of the league. It would be very weird if a player at Liverpool is all of a sudden with his head in the clouds. So, no. But if we don’t play well tomorrow, people will probably come up with that instead of saying that Palace did well or we maybe did other things wrong. But I don’t see this and it would definitely not be normal – for two reasons. These players are experienced enough to understand the league table after six games as well and the schedule we have compared to some other teams. Second of all, Virgil, Ali [Alisson Becker], Trent, Robbo [Andy Robertson], Mo, they won the league here, they won the Champions League here. For them it’s a nice thing to be on the top of the table, but I’m not expecting them to watch their mobile every second of the day seeing them being top of the table.
* **On 12.30pm kick-offs away from home…**
In general, I think the league where I’m coming from in Holland, they are more aware and try to help the teams that play in Europe more than it happens over here. But to be fair to the English FA, our schedule here is so tight that it’s so, so difficult. And I think it’s something that has to do with the people that are sitting in front of me, so television stations – I have a feeling I do an interview every day. That’s why we play at 12.30 because I think they can pick which team they want to have on at 12.30 and then it’s nine out of 10 times Liverpool is included. I don’t think it has so much to do with the 12.30 kick-off, for me it has to do [with] that every away game is difficult.
I showed them last week that 10 out of 19 away games last season didn’t lead to a win. So you can then argue if it’s 12.30 or is it just difficult to play an away game? And we can come up with Newcastle, Forest and there were two others where there were last-second winners. So, that shows you how difficult it is to play an away game, especially for us, in this league. Because we play so many times then at 12.30, people talk about 12.30. I think we have to talk about an away game and [how] that is difficult, because if 12.30 was a difficult time to perform then I’m a really stupid manager because we train every day at 12 o’clock. I don’t see the idea behind it being that difficult performing at that time.
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Sir, the answer to your question is: may I remind we are at Liverpool?
Next question please.
I love this response. Succinct and to the point, much like all of his responses.
On a related note, I remember Klopp was asked something similar during our title winning season and he said “The supporters should 100% get carried away and enjoy it” Perfect Klopp like response.
This guy doesn’t miss…
“No, were Liverpool” – elite answer from the gaffer
Usual Slot W.
this man will pen a literary masterpiece in victorian english and then proceed to ask “is that something you guys also say here? .. yeah ok.”
Need a new flair: No we’re Liverpool
asking the most-winning English club whether they’re getting carried away with sitting atop the table after 6 games and Slot actually gave it a full reply. I think Slot is beginning to understand the level of sports journalism here, from now on it’s a marathon of endurance
I know it’s still early stages, but can’t help be continuously impressed by him. Whether it’s tactics he’s talking about or questions like this, he responds confidently, but not arrogantly, and is realistic, while also keeping the last few seasons in mind. Also helps he’s not a charisma black hole like a certain other bald, Dutch manager.