Liverpool 2-0 Fulham: What Slot said
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Liverpool boss Arne Slot, speaking to BBC MOTD about the importance of the win: "Important - if you look at the league table important and also the FA Cup defeat to Man City and in Champions League to PSG. You want to see an improvement after a loss I think I got that maybe not in quality but in work rate."
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On squad rotation: "It was needed. Our schedule, three games in six days and two of them are PSG - that's hard. Looking at it two days ago I felt tired looking at it so what that means for the players - the physical part and also what it means for the mental part after losing 4-0 and 2-0."
On Rio Ngumoha: "I have said before he's getting stronger, that will result in more playing time. He's getting more playing time and he showed today how important his quality is for us."
On Mohamed Salah's goal: "He's scored many of them like this. Mo is a top class finisher and we have to try and bring him in those positions as much as we can. Today he was there and he finished well, we had quite a comfortable lead at half time but nothing is done at half time so we had to fight for second half."
Big win in context of race for Champions League: "It is but we know it cannot be the last one. We need much more in the coming weeks and you can see every week how tough it is to get the wins over the line in the league. To have this win is important but we can't celebrate too much because we have another intense game coming up and a few days after that too."
Did you know?
- Mohamed Salah's goal for Liverpool meant he reached 250 non-penalty goals and assists in the Premier League (157 goals, 93 assists), becoming the fifth player to do so after Wayne Rooney (288), Ryan Giggs (269), Alan Shearer (268) and Andrew Cole (259).
- Only Arsenal (19) and Manchester City (17) have won more Premier League games this season when scoring first than Liverpool.
- Liverpool have scored in 28 of their 32 games, only Arsenal (29) have scored goals in more matches in the Premier League this season.