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Liverpool: The defending champions return connected Villa this play earlier hosting Real Madrid successful nan Champions League. Their last crippled earlier nan November world break will beryllium distant to Manchester City. Here is what Slot said connected nan situation Villa posses:

If you don’t triumph nan beginning, group say: ‘oh possibly they don’t person nan aforesaid squad arsenic past season’ and past they commencement winning and everything is affirmative again. Where pinch us, it’s precisely nan opposite.

We’re some connected nan aforesaid points, isolated from Arsenal galore teams are successful and astir nan aforesaid points. It shows really difficult nan Premier League is.

They’ve done very good successful nan past six aliases 7 games. And possibly it’s not a astonishment and you could spot successful nan games they mislaid earlier nan signs that they are a very bully team.

They decided not to make a wont retired of having much chances than nan force and not triumph it. Let’s make judge we don’t person that habit.

The Dutchman besides provided immoderate squad news:

Ryan [Gravenberch] trained pinch america yesterday. The different 2 [Curtis Jones and Alexander Isak] not yet.

In nan extremity spot of an injury, things tin slow down. Let’s spot wherever nan different 2 are.

Ryan trained pinch america for nan first clip yesterday, and will train pinch america today. Then we’ll make nan telephone to spot if he tin commencement aliases not. The different 2 are astir apt 99.9% not successful nan squad connected Saturday.

Liverpool: Slot is besides asked whether he and nan nine are successful negotiations for a statement extension.

This is nan past mobility that I was expecting.

My attraction is wholly connected getting Liverpool backmost to winning ways. That is my first reply and my 2nd answer, statement talks, if they are moreover there, we ne'er speak astir this here.

Let america first commencement to triumph again, that is my main focus.

Liverpool: More from Slot connected uncovering form.

The point that gives maine nan astir assurance is nan value successful nan players and nan chances these players are creating. This will consequence successful nan players scoring much goals than we person up until now.

We person to reside different things. But if I talk astir that and speak astir them, group show maine I’m utilizing excuses. So possibly it’s champion that I conscionable opportunity that. There are different positives to spell int this week – value of nan players first and foremost and nan magnitude of chances we created from unfastened play is capable to compete for nan positions we want to compete for.

Slot 'happy pinch value of team' contempt dire Liverpool results

The Liverpool head Arne Slot was asked whether he feels his squad extent is nan logic his broadside person mislaid six of their past 7 matches.

We miss nothing. I’m happy pinch nan value of nan team. But I’m besides convinced by nan strategy and argumentation we have. What makes it ‘the issue’ – not each of them person had a due pre-season. When 3 aliases 4 are injured, you spell down to having 16 players.

I americium a patient believer successful 21 aliases 22 players are enough. But you person to support them fresh arsenic we did past season. We are struggling to support them fresh this play for successful my opinion, evident reasons.

[Alexander Isak] came to america connected 1 September. A fewer others missed retired successful pre-season. It has been much difficult than past play to support them much available. When players are not available, it [workload] comes down much to nan aforesaid players.

But nary excuses for results. We had to play a batch of distant games pinch only 2 days successful between. That would person been difficult past season, and for immoderate subordinate that has been fresh this play done pre-season. But it has not been nan lawsuit this season.

Then you person to negociate it. The upcoming week is 3 games successful 8 days. It has thing to do pinch squad depth, but it has really we person tally done nan play successful position of injuries, readiness each 2 aliases 3 days.

Preamble

Another spine-tingling play of shot is upon us. Join america arsenic we preview a frightful information of fixtures from nan Premier League, FA Cup, Women’s Super League and much pinch squad news and cardinal property conferences.

Arne Slot’s property convention up of Liverpool’s lucifer against Aston Villa is underway and nan defending champions’ shape leaves overmuch to beryllium desired. Will they emergence from nan grave? Or will Unai Emery’s men subordinate nan database of teams haunting Anfield’s faithful?