Slot praises fans after Liverpool beat Villa 2-0 as Salah scores his 250th reds goal

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Slot praises fans after Liverpool beat Villa 2-0 as Salah scores his 250th reds goal   01/11/2025  Anfield, Liverpool, UK

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00:00After the run you've been on, has relief the emotion at the end or how are you feeling?

00:11Happy with the result and with the performance and what I saw today, not only from the players,

00:17but also the support we got from the fans was I think what we needed today.

00:23Maybe we were a bit more on a lucky side now than we've been in the last few weeks.

00:29In my opinion we were also unlucky, so a mistake of their goalkeeper's deflection led to two of our goals.

00:39So these are the margins we are talking about, I think in other games we've created more from open play than we did today.

00:46But yeah, football is about results, not about the chances you create from open play.

00:54In terms of the fans, what did that mean to you personally?

01:04A lot, of course, especially because it happened at 0-0, not when you are leading, not when you are top of the league,

01:12but when you are in a difficult situation as a club, as a team, and because I'm definitely a part of that,

01:18it's also a difficult situation for me.

01:20And then to get the support the players got, but also I got, that is something that makes this club special I think.

01:27They don't forget if you've been part of something special and they help you, especially if things are difficult.

01:36And that's what it was the last few weeks, things were difficult, we were not winning, by the way we were losing.

01:42And so they felt the players, maybe even needed a bit of support, and that's what you get from these fans.

01:51It felt like you had a little bit more control at times tonight, it wasn't quite as frantic.

01:56Did you feel like you controlled the game a little bit more?

01:59Yeah, yeah, like in Frankfurt, and the comparison between these two is that we were twice leading,

02:08and in other games we've always been, not always, but mainly after five minutes we went 1-0 down,

02:13and then you get a completely different game.

02:15So I think now everybody liked it, the way we controlled the game in the end,

02:19and how we were passing and playing through them.

02:21Where if you do the same if you are 3-1 down and it doesn't lead to a chance or a goal,

02:25people are getting a bit annoyed that you don't create a chance.

02:28So you cannot compare a game of football where you're 2-0 up with a game of football where you're 3-1 down,

02:34when it comes to control.

02:36So, yeah, this is, I think, what we prefer to see, being 2-0 up and have a bit more control.

02:45But yeah, if we need goals then we need to be more open,

02:49and as a result of that you sometimes see a counter-attack as well.

02:53Hi Alec, can you just ask about Conor Bradley's performance?

02:56Because I thought he was excellent,

02:58there was some suggestion that Moe's missed Trent a little on the right,

03:02but it seems like that partnership might be developing between the two of them.

03:05Yeah, the more players play together the better it will be.

03:10You cannot compare Trent with Conor, but Conor played an outstanding game like many others.

03:16I think the team performance is what made the difference today.

03:19Everyone was really fighting to get that win over the line,

03:24throwing themselves in front of shots, sprinting back when needed,

03:27being ready for a high press.

03:29So there are a lot of positives today also from individual performances like Conor's.

03:34The challenge for him now will be to make himself ready,

03:39because he's not been used to 90 minutes a lot this season,

03:44and after two days of rest the next one is coming up.

03:48And yeah, so we have to think about that as well.

03:54But for now, your question was, did he play well?

03:56Yes, he played well today.

03:59I've not spoken very honestly on his flash TV interview,

04:04he said he's not being happy with his ball,

04:07but the way he took that goal, that wasn't an easy finish in terms of being on his right foot.

04:12What will that performance come from tonight?

04:15Even getting the 250 goals, that landmark is huge.

04:19Yeah, that's huge.

04:21That's almost unbelievable if you score 250 goals for one club.

04:25If you score 250 goals, it's already unbelievable.

04:28Let alone for one club, you don't see this that much in football anymore.

04:32And I think apart from the goal he scored tonight,

04:37he had a very good performance because when we had to play long,

04:42we played mainly long towards him and he could hold the ball.

04:45So because of that the rest of the team could come to him and we could keep playing.

04:51And what I also liked is that he didn't only did his offensive work really well,

04:56but he helped the team out defensively as well.

04:58I think after he scored the 1-0, he was helping Virgil, I think,

05:02somewhere around the halfway line.

05:04And this is what this combination of things led to the fact that I liked his performance tonight.

05:12And of course it's special for him to score 250.

05:15For him to score is not even that special because that's what we all know he will always do.

05:20The fans have always given you this backing throughout the whole time.

05:29During the run of results, did you ever feel any pressure at all,

05:34other than maybe from yourself, the pressure for yourself to win?

05:39No, I think you always feel pressure if you're at Liverpool,

05:42if you're leading the table with 15 games to go, you feel pressure.

05:48And if you are in a run-off form that we were in, you feel the pressure.

05:51But I've always felt the support of the fans as long as I'm here.

05:56And also in the recent results I have never felt that there was anything less than it was before.

06:05But I think they were there for me, but they were not only there for me,

06:11they were there for the team tonight as well.

06:13I think they were so supportive and that is what can have a big impact

06:17because we've played many away games, so we had poor results.

06:21I'm completely aware of that, but we had to play a lot of away games

06:24where the fans still help us.

06:26But you cannot compare that to a home game under the lights at Anfield.

06:30That's something I would take 10 out of 10 times if I had to play a game of football.

06:37Thank you very much.

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