Slot on how Merseyside derby differs to other games

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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on how the Merseyside Derby against Everton differs to other games around the world he’s been involved in AXA Training Centre, Melwood, Liverpool, UK

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00:00I know obviously the rivalry and respect is always there between these two teams,

00:07but I just wonder how you felt being part of this fixture last season

00:12and how it differed maybe to other atmospheres and other rivalries that you've felt before in your career?

00:19No, it differed, if that is the right English word to use.

00:25What I like so much here in England is that no matter how much rivalry there is between us and Everton,

00:32or between us and United, or if we're going to go to Newcastle with the whole Isak story going on,

00:39the fans can just be together.

00:41So when we arrived at Newcastle I saw ten Liverpool shirts, and I saw many Newcastle shirts by the way,

00:46but the ten Liverpool shirts could just stand in between the Newcastle fans.

00:50That is impossible in Holland.

00:53So that is something really special what you have over here now,

00:57and I hope you can keep this for many years to come.

01:00So yes, there's rivalry, yes, both fans are so passionate for their own teams,

01:05but they respect each other as well.

01:07And that for me is the main difference,

01:10because if Ajax plays against Feyenoord, away fans are not allowed anymore.

01:14So that tells you how terrible that situation is.

01:19So yes, and it makes it so much nicer if both fans are there.

01:23And that's what's going to happen tomorrow,

01:25and I hope that this is going to continue for as long as football is played here in England.

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