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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot finds no joy in the football currently being played in the Premier League but has accepted it is “the new reality”.Set-pieces have become the dominant factor, with leaders Arsenal having proved for some time that they can provide a profitable route to success.

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00:00That's a big difference. Here you can almost hit a goalkeeper in his face
00:03and the referee still says, just go on.
00:09Do I like it? My football heart doesn't like it.
00:13I already said once in this press conference, if you ask me,
00:18thinking about football, I think about 10-15 years ago about the Barcelona team,
00:22every Sunday evening you were hoping that they would play.
00:26Now, most of the games I see in the Premier League are not, for me, a joy to watch,
00:31but it's always interesting because it's so competitive.
00:34That is what makes this league great because there's so much competitiveness,
00:38everyone can win from everyone.
00:40Maybe in five or ten years' time things will change again,
00:42but what I wouldn't be surprised of if you go to an under-16 game somewhere,
00:47how do you call this, your Sunday League football?
00:49We call this amateur football in Holland.
00:51I wouldn't be surprised if you see teams being focused on 16-year-olds on set pieces.
01:00That's the new reality and I have my opinion about it, but it doesn't change.
01:06Nice one.
01:07Nice one.
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