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Slot calls on fans as Liverpool look to overturn PSG's 2-0 Champions League lead
13/04/2026
Anfield, Liverpool, UK
13/04/2026
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00:00Dominic's just been telling us how much he's willing to give out on the pitch tomorrow night.
00:05So, how are you feeling about the game?
00:06And also, how are you instilling the belief in your players that this situation is retrievable now?
00:11This situation is?
00:12It's retrievable. You can overturn this 2-0.
00:16Just first of all, remind them what the score was.
00:19That was 2-0.
00:21It felt completely different, as we all know, but the end result was 2-0.
00:24And second of all, we've shown so many times this season in big games that we were able to get
00:31a great performance.
00:33We've also shown a different face. I'm completely aware of that.
00:37But many of our games that we've played were very good as well, especially in big games.
00:44And not all of them, because not all of us are together for one and a half year.
00:48But for the ones that have been with me for the past one and a half year, in the 49
00:53home games we've played,
00:5536 times we were able to score two goals or more.
00:59So, yes, we did not play in all these 49 games against Paris Saint-Germain.
01:03I do understand that.
01:05But as we all know, the Premier League and the Champions League opponents we had over here were also very
01:10strong.
01:11And are very strong.
01:14So, yes, there is a belief that we can do special things tomorrow.
01:18But we also need to be very, very, very, very special tomorrow to achieve that,
01:24because we're playing against the Champions of Europe.
01:28So that makes the task more complicated, but not impossible.
01:32Obviously, over in Paris, it was a back three.
01:34I just wonder, how different is the approach going to be this time around,
01:37from a formation point of view, but also from an attitude point of view as well?
01:41But, yeah, I don't know if a lot has been said about that,
01:45because I had to focus on Fulham and now on Paris Saint-Germain again.
01:48But usually in football, I know how it works.
01:51If you change the system, the focus is completely on the system
01:54and not about what's actually happening.
01:59But people find it probably very hard to believe what I'm going to say now.
02:03But the approach is not so different for tomorrow than it was in Paris,
02:08because for the people who know me, I never put out a team
02:12and tell them to go to a low block for 90 minutes.
02:15Actually, if you're really looking the game back,
02:17you could see that we've pressed them high on multiple, multiple, multiple occasions.
02:24Unfortunately, seven or eight of those moments
02:27led to them being one-on-one to our goalkeeper.
02:31So, again, the approach tomorrow will be to take the risk,
02:36because that's, first of all, what we need.
02:38But to get the ball off them, yeah, you need to press them.
02:43And we saw how difficult it is to press these players.
02:46But that was the same last season where Anfield did make a big difference for us last season,
02:53and I'm expecting it to make a big difference for us tomorrow as well.
02:56And that kind of brings me to my final question as well,
02:59because obviously we see two wide players at the weekend in Mo and Rio scoring good goals,
03:04and in some respects I suppose that could impact your thinking when it comes to selection,
03:09but at the same time you've got Hakimi to think about, Anuno Mendes,
03:12so I just wonder how you weigh up when it comes to team selection like that.
03:18Wow, for a journalist, that's quite a good tactical thinking.
03:25Or should I say for a Sky Sports team?
03:27I've done my homework this week.
03:32I think we have to find the perfect balance between being offensive,
03:40but to be offensive you need to have the ball,
03:42and to get the ball back against, indeed, you're now mentioning two full-backs,
03:46but against all these other players,
03:47you have to do so many things well before your attackers can attack.
03:54So that's why the history of this club and at other clubs,
03:58you've seen a lot of players that are very good offensively,
04:02but are also able to do their defensive job,
04:04because the only way to score is if you have the ball.
04:07And the thing is that tomorrow two teams are facing each other,
04:10both would like to have the ball a lot,
04:12and the last time we faced each other they had the ball for 76% of the time.
04:17So that's the first thing we have to change tomorrow,
04:20to have the ball more.
04:22And if we have it more, yeah,
04:24then it's nice to have attacking Fred on the pitch,
04:26and that's what we will have tomorrow.
04:28Good luck.
04:29Very clearly behind.
04:34Hiya, Rana.
04:35Hiya.
04:36Just wanted to ask, Rio is still so young,
04:39there is so much expectation on him,
04:41his performance at the weekend will have added to that.
04:43How do you go about managing that?
04:46Because you see him every day,
04:47and is he someone that could cope with these types of games?
04:53Yeah, I think he can.
04:54First of all, because of personality,
04:58he doesn't get distracted that soon.
05:01I think since he's been,
05:03not since he's been a player,
05:05because he's only for a few months,
05:08but I think everyone who knows his history a bit more,
05:11there's a lot of expectation around him for many years already,
05:15and he's always been able to focus on football,
05:19to become better, to become stronger,
05:21to become ready to be at 16 years of age,
05:24score your first goal 17 years of age,
05:26and already had multiple starts for the first team of Liverpool.
05:31That's one thing,
05:32and second of all, because of his quality.
05:33He shows that he's able,
05:37at the highest level,
05:38which is Champions League,
05:39but Premier League definitely is this as well,
05:42to be able to take 1v1s on
05:45and make it difficult for the defenders he's facing.
05:49So yeah,
05:50I think he's done a very good job
05:52in managing what comes to him now,
05:55but then it's also a good thing
05:56to have so many experienced players around you,
06:00which he has in the dressing room.
06:03Come on.
06:04Anna,
06:05you talked about having the ball more.
06:08Last summer,
06:09you brought Florian to bridge the gap on PSG,
06:13to close the gap on them from the game here last year.
06:17What are you looking for him to,
06:19for from him tomorrow night,
06:20in terms of having the influence,
06:22because this is the type of game
06:24that you made the investment for,
06:25to him to sparkle in?
06:29Am I talking to Mike Gordon now,
06:32how does he know why we brought Florian Wilson?
06:37What we did,
06:38after Jürgen left,
06:39and we always knew 1.5 years ago
06:41that this should be a transition,
06:43because sooner or later
06:44it would have been the end of a cycle,
06:46and we always knew we then needed to recoup money,
06:50which we did by selling 10,
06:5211,
06:5212 players,
06:53I think,
06:54and we've spent that money on young,
06:57very talented players
06:58that get their time
07:01to get to build on the same cycle
07:05as the last seven or eight years
07:07has been with the players
07:09that some of them now already left
07:11or are going to leave us
07:12in the end of the season.
07:14So that is why we brought Florian in,
07:16Jürgen in,
07:17Alex in,
07:18Miloš in,
07:19Jeremy in,
07:19young, talented players,
07:23to create a new cycle.
07:26And therefore,
07:27we needed a lot of players
07:29to leave,
07:30to find the money,
07:31to buy them.
07:33So we didn't add Florian Witts
07:35to the team
07:36that last season
07:37played Parisien-Germain.
07:38But you bought him for
07:40his type of game?
07:42We bought him for
07:43to be successful
07:45in the future,
07:46which could be the near future
07:47or the mid- to long-term future.
07:50And we bought him
07:51and the others,
07:52young players,
07:53to create a new,
07:54successful cycle.
07:56And the sooner that happens,
07:57the better it is.
07:58And I'm convinced
08:00that either tomorrow,
08:01or next season,
08:02or the season afterwards,
08:03he will have,
08:04like Miloš,
08:06like Hugo,
08:07like Alex,
08:08like Jeremy,
08:09like Sheke,
08:10another 19-year-old
08:11we are bringing in
08:12this summer,
08:13will have special moments
08:15here at Anfield.
08:16And tomorrow is the first
08:18great opportunity
08:19for him and the others.
08:21But we didn't brought him in
08:23for this,
08:23only this single,
08:25particular game.
08:26One behind them,
08:27move to Mike Krosta,
08:28side please.
08:29Hello, Arne.
08:30I wanted to ask you
08:31how unique you find PSG
08:33as they're very,
08:36they change the positions
08:38during the game a lot
08:39and how hard it is
08:40to oppose them
08:41and what you have to do
08:42to oppose them tomorrow
08:43at the same time
08:44scoring at least two goals
08:46to advance.
08:51A few things they do
08:52indeed makes them special.
08:55So building up
08:56a three at the back
08:57is not so special.
08:58many teams do this
08:59in modern football.
09:01But having your right
09:02fullback sometimes
09:02on the left wing position
09:04is sometimes
09:04you don't see a lot.
09:05Having your number nine
09:06sometimes as a centre-back
09:08dropping so low
09:09is also something
09:10you don't see a lot.
09:12So there are certain
09:13parts of their game
09:14which makes them
09:15really special.
09:16but I think what in general
09:18makes them really special
09:20and difficult to play
09:21is not that Hakimi
09:21ends up in the left wing
09:23but it's the individual
09:24quality that these players
09:26have.
09:27They combine pace
09:29is it endurance
09:30does endurance mean
09:31that you can keep on running
09:33and ability on the ball
09:36in any position
09:38except for the goalkeeper
09:39although maybe he can run
09:41but I haven't seen it yet.
09:44maybe he can start running
09:46as well
09:46but I haven't seen
09:47that him doing yet.
09:49But that is I think
09:49what makes them special
09:50their individual quality
09:52and of course
09:52the framework
09:53Luis Enrique built
09:54over there
09:55but that's so different
09:57compared to how other teams
09:58are setting up.
09:59Can we pass the mic
10:00over this side please?
10:03Just over this side
10:04sorry.
10:10Hi Arne
10:10Ziggersport Netherlands
10:12Goos Hiddink was with us
10:14last week
10:15and he told us
10:16that he visited you
10:17some time ago
10:18so I was wondering
10:19are you a person
10:20that takes up advice easily
10:21and if so
10:22what do you take
10:23from someone like
10:24Goos Hiddink
10:24with the career
10:25that he's had
10:26and the experience
10:26that he's had?
10:28I think if you are
10:29in a position like I am
10:30you get a lot of advice
10:33sometimes from people
10:35that have done
10:36an amazing job
10:37as a manager
10:37sometimes in other
10:39positions
10:40and sometimes
10:40could be your friends
10:41sometimes
10:42although it didn't happen
10:43a lot
10:43could even be
10:45people like him
10:48but you try to listen
10:49a lot to your colleagues
10:51to other people
10:52because
10:53they don't always
10:54have to be
10:55that they've
10:56managed or coached
10:57a Champions League
10:58final
10:59or won the league
10:59other people
11:00can give you
11:01great advice
11:01as well
11:02but it's always
11:02nice to speak
11:03to people
11:03like Goos
11:05because first of all
11:06he's a great human being
11:08and second of all
11:10he has experienced
11:11good and bad times
11:14as a manager
11:15so it was nice
11:17to have him around
11:17and to hear from him
11:19but it isn't as if
11:20we are talking
11:20that is just me
11:21sitting there
11:22and he's giving me
11:23advice after advice
11:24after advice
11:24that's not the way
11:25it works
11:26when you talk to each other
11:27so you didn't bring a notebook
11:29sorry
11:29you didn't bring a notebook
11:32I had it on my desk
11:34but I didn't use it
11:37to write it down
11:37but I don't know
11:39if you believe this
11:41but I tend to think
11:43of myself
11:43that my brains
11:45are not the worst part
11:46of my head
11:52so the air is not
11:53growing that much
11:54but I tend to think
11:56that I can remember
11:58a lot
11:58that's sometimes
11:59also a problem
12:00because I can remember
12:01a referee's decision
12:02of a year
12:03or two years ago
12:04which I then
12:06put on the ones
12:07that are made now
12:07so it's not always
12:09helpful
12:09but if
12:10which he had
12:13gave me good advice
12:14is then I don't need
12:14a notebook
12:15or a desktop
12:16to write that down
12:18Mo
12:21Hi Arnett
12:22you spoke earlier
12:23about the amount
12:24of times Liverpool
12:25scored two goals
12:26or more
12:272-0 obviously
12:28would be enough
12:29to extend the game
12:30into extra time
12:30and maybe penalties
12:31but I think PSG
12:33are on a run
12:33of scoring
12:34in 17 consecutive games
12:36and they scored
12:37only not scored
12:38in 4 out of 45 games
12:39all season long
12:41so from a mindset
12:42point of view
12:43is it probably better
12:44to go into this game
12:45thinking you are
12:46going to have to
12:47score three or maybe
12:47four goals
12:48rather than
12:49thinking about
12:50keeping a clean sheet
12:51Why did you
12:52have to tell this?
12:54Why are you ruining
12:55my day?
12:57Of course we know
13:00we need an exceptional
13:01performance
13:02to go through
13:03to the next round
13:04but that's completely
13:05normal if you face
13:06the Champions of Europe
13:08and you're 2-0 down
13:13but to make people
13:15a bit more positive
13:17than you were trying
13:18just a second ago
13:18we've also been able
13:19to score once in a while
13:21more than two goals
13:23but let's first focus
13:24on the job at hand
13:25and that is just
13:27start aggressive
13:28making sure we can
13:29get back into the tie
13:30and the best way
13:32of doing so
13:32is of course
13:33scoring the first goal
13:34which we again know
13:35because otherwise
13:35you're going to tell me
13:36yeah but against
13:37last season
13:38they scored the first goal
13:39over here
13:39and at Arsenal
13:40they scored the first goal
13:41so yeah I know
13:43that they will try
13:43to score the first goal
13:44but that's definitely
13:45what we are going
13:46to try as well
13:49How important
13:50will the atmosphere
13:51and the Anfield crowd
13:53be for tomorrow?
13:56Just as important
13:58as our performance
14:01so I think we have
14:02to be much
14:03much much
14:04much better
14:05than we were
14:06last week
14:07and their players
14:09are experienced players
14:10have experienced
14:10Anfield a year ago
14:12so they think
14:13that they know
14:14what's coming up
14:15so I can only hope
14:16that our fans
14:17can find an extra gear
14:18compared to last season
14:20which I argue
14:21if it's possible
14:21because the atmosphere
14:23last season
14:23was unbelievable
14:26but I think our fans
14:28are up for it
14:28to make it even louder
14:29which is also needed
14:30because then
14:31their players get
14:32what they don't expect
14:34first of all
14:35a better performance
14:36from us
14:36which I do think
14:37they would expect
14:38by the way
14:38because it's hardly
14:39possible to play
14:40at the same level
14:41again
14:43and our fans
14:44I think I can trust
14:45if they were even louder
14:48than last season
15:18we've got time for three more
15:18minutes at the Etihad
15:19did you expect us
15:20to be 4-0 down
15:2120 minutes later
15:22that's even in the same game
15:24I watched Chelsea
15:25against City
15:27did you expect
15:27after half time
15:28that 20 minutes later
15:29City would have been
15:30three goals up
15:31would you expect us
15:33after our performance
15:34at Galatasaray
15:34losing 1-0
15:35which is then
15:36a different game
15:36to be
15:37we could have scored
15:38eight or nine
15:39against Galatasaray
15:40here at home
15:40so the amount
15:42of times
15:42that we've shown
15:44that we can
15:47be much better
15:48than we were
15:48at Paris Saint-Germain
15:49that's clear
15:50and even Saturday
15:52showed how important
15:53the goal is
15:54because at the moment
15:55we scored a goal
15:56first 20 minutes
15:57we were
15:57in my opinion
15:58by far the better team
15:59on the pitch
15:59then for 10 minutes
16:01it was getting
16:02a bit more equal
16:03we scored the goal
16:0410 minutes later
16:05we scored the second
16:06that is where football
16:07is about
16:08a goal can change
16:09the momentum
16:09which happened
16:10in a negative way
16:11for us
16:12at the Etihad
16:13which happened
16:14in a positive way
16:15for us
16:16this weekend
16:16here at Anfield
16:22Hello Han
16:23French media
16:24question in French
16:25thank you
16:28ça va être le quatrième match
16:30contre le PSG
16:31en un an
16:32comment vous utilisez
16:34les trois précédents match
16:36que vous avez fait
16:37contre le PSG
16:38pour réaliser justement
16:39cet exploit
16:40vous parlez d'exploit
16:41comment vous utilisez
16:42les précédents match
16:43pour progresser
16:43merci
16:50yeah
16:55I think it makes
17:00not so much sense
17:02for me
17:03to look at
17:03the two games
17:04of last season
17:05because
17:07I think
17:07on 5, 6, 7 positions
17:09we have different
17:10players tomorrow night
17:12I don't exactly know
17:14but that's the first
17:15thought that comes
17:16to my mind
17:16I also know
17:17what the game plan
17:18last season was
17:18I know which players
17:19I used
17:20which their qualities
17:21were
17:22and
17:24as I've said
17:24in the start
17:25of this press conference
17:26we've replaced
17:27a lot of players
17:28which brought
17:29different qualities
17:30so
17:30to watch
17:32the game
17:32of last season
17:33back
17:33at home
17:34where we used
17:35certain tactics
17:36I'm not
17:38not too sure
17:40if these players
17:42can do
17:43the same tactic
17:44as we used
17:45last season
17:46but the idea
17:47behind it
17:48will try
17:49to be the same
17:50we have to be
17:50aggressive
17:51we have to be
17:51front-footed
17:54from start
17:54to finish
17:58but
17:58as I said
18:00so many
18:01different players
18:02for us
18:03this season
18:04compared to last season
18:05that
18:07I did watch it
18:08back
18:09but there's not
18:10so much
18:10to take
18:11or to learn
18:11from it
18:12because of
18:12what I just said
18:15Hi Ernie
18:16French question
18:17too please
18:20Pouvez-vous nous dire
18:20comment
18:21votre défenseur français
18:22Ibrahima Konaté
18:23il aborde
18:24cette réception
18:25du PSG
18:26j'imagine que
18:26pour lui
18:26c'est un match
18:28particulier
18:28et spécial
18:29et dans le prolongement
18:31sur Konaté
18:31pouvez-vous aussi
18:32nous dire
18:32où en est
18:33sa situation
18:34contractuelle
18:35et quelle est
18:35votre volonté
18:36Ã son sujet
18:36en tant qu'entraîneur
18:37de Liverpool
18:38merci beaucoup
18:42je pense
18:43c'est un match
18:44spécial
18:44pour Ibu
18:45demain
18:45pour une petite partie
18:49parce qu'il est
18:49français
18:50mais pour une grande partie
18:51parce qu'il est
18:52une quarterfinal
18:54de la Champions League
18:56qui est aussi
18:56pour lui
18:57assez longtemps
18:59il va être
19:01un match
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19:02et pour tous
19:02les autres
19:03joueurs
19:05peut-être
19:05un de vos
19:06anglais
19:07collègues
19:07j'ai essayé
19:08de poser
19:09une question
19:09sur le contrat
19:10mais la réponse
19:11est toujours
19:11la même chose
19:12nous ne parlons
19:12sur le contrat
19:13en public
19:14donc
19:15Finny
19:16next time
19:16juste ask
19:16ça vous
19:17encore
19:17je n'ai pas
19:19que quelqu'un
19:19de poser
19:20ça
19:20c'est tout
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