Liverpool head coach Arne Slot won’t settle for mediocrity from his staff and doesn’t imagine the gamers do both.
The Dutchman has loved an nearly dream begin to his tenure at Anfield – the defeat to Nottingham Forest aside – with seven wins in eight matches leaving his aspect high of the Premier League.
Ought to they beat Champions League debutants Bologna, Slot will change into the primary man within the membership’s historical past to win eight of his first 9 video games in cost.
However whereas Slot’s seamless succession to Jurgen Klopp could have confounded the doubters, the 46-year-old nonetheless sees loads of room for enchancment and highlighted a lot of elements in Saturday’s 2-1 win at Wolves which he was not proud of.
“We as a staff, you probably have a lot high quality, you can not settle for mediocrity,” he mentioned.
“It’s important to ask from your self each second of the day, each second of the sport, the best requirements that this shirt brings.
“I, and we as a employees, need to set these requirements very clear and that final quarter-hour after we misplaced the ball so many instances in promising positions or moments that might result in promising positions is perhaps not acceptable.
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“I don’t lose my mood that a lot, I don’t suppose it’s a good suggestion to lose your mood each single day as a result of it doesn’t work.
“However the constructive factor is that perhaps I don’t settle for mediocrity however these gamers themselves don’t settle for it as properly.
“It isn’t solely about me not accepting it, the gamers don’t settle for it from themselves additionally.”
Liverpool are sturdy favourites so as to add to the spectacular win over AC Milan within the San Siro a fortnight in the past in opposition to a staff which completed fifth in Serie A final season however one which has solely received as soon as in seven matches.
Nevertheless, Slot warned in opposition to complacency from both his gamers or followers and mentioned each ought to use the ache of lacking out on Champions League soccer final season as motivation – ought to any be wanted.
“They’ve missed out on the Champions League for a yr so once they step out on the pitch tomorrow I wish to see this, I wish to really feel like they really feel ‘ah, we missed it for a season’,” he mentioned.
“A membership of this customary needs to be prepared and I’m hoping and anticipating the identical from our followers.
“They’ve missed it for a season and I hope they really feel this need to indicate to Europe once more ‘they missed us due to this’ and that mixture ought to hopefully result in a really particular night time for everybody concerned at Liverpool.”
Ahead Federico Chiesa, who has managed solely 68 minutes over three matches since arriving from Juventus late within the switch window, will miss the match with a problem sustained in coaching on Monday.
Nevertheless, Diogo Jota, who sat out open coaching, will likely be match, whereas fellow ahead Darwin Nunez has recovered from the sickness which noticed him miss the journey to Wolves.
