We were lucky against PSG but harder you work the luckier you are - Slot - video Dailymotion

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot admitted his side were lucky to beat PSG in midweek but quoted Michael Jordan saying the harder you work the luckier you are as they prepare to face Southampton Melwood, Liverpool, UK

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00:00You've made a point a few times this season of saying that not often you've got more than you deserve.

00:06I just wonder, is Wednesday an example of that turning around a little bit

00:10and developing the opposite kind of habit which could be crucial now,

00:14maybe delivering three trophies?

00:16That's a long question, but I'll leave the little bit out, I would say.

00:22We weren't a little bit lucky, we were really, really, really lucky.

00:27But, as Michael Jordan said once, the harder you work, the more luck you have,

00:32and this is the biggest compliment you have to give the players.

00:35They've worked incredibly hard, and I think even in the second half we didn't control ball possession,

00:41we were not the dominant team at all, but we controlled them better than in the first half.

00:46And that also has to do with the players being able, if you were 45 minutes,

00:51the other team had the ball a lot, they had to defend so much,

00:53mentally so strong and physically so strong to come up with the second-half performance,

00:58with not giving away that many open chances as we did the first half.

01:03And even scoring a goal on the counter-attack,

01:06that shows you how mentally strong and physically strong these players are.

We were lucky against PSG but harder you work the luckier you are - Slot

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