Liverpool ahead Mohamed Salah insists the gamers are usually not placing any strain on themselves regardless of a record-breaking begin underneath new head coach Arne Slot.
The Egypt worldwide offered an help after which scored the decisive late second purpose within the 2-0 Champions League victory over Bologna which made it eight wins from 9 matches.
Slot is the primary boss within the membership’s historical past to begin their reign with that stage of success and it has not solely allayed any preliminary considerations about how they’d adapt throughout the transition interval following Jurgen Klopp‘s departure but in addition led to a re-evaluation of expectations this season.
That isn’t one thing which is regarding the squad, although, with Salah telling UEFA.com: “It’s too early so we don’t should put strain on ourselves, we simply should take it sport by sport and see what’s going to occur.”
Nevertheless, captain Virgil van Dijk has warned the gamers should do higher to make life simpler for themselves at instances.
After taking an Eleventh-minute lead with Alexis Mac Allister‘s first Champions League purpose, Slot’s facet then struggled to construct on that benefit and have been grateful to goalkeeper Alisson Becker and twice the body of the purpose to maintain them forward at half-time.
There was an identical situation at Wolves final weekend the place, having gone forward, they allowed their opponents again into the sport and even after going 2-1 in entrance they didn’t handle the final quarter-hour significantly effectively.
“I believe the primary half was not the most effective – we gave some possibilities away as a result of we have been sloppy in possession,” stated the Netherlands worldwide.
“I believe we might have finished so much higher within the ultimate third; a few instances we got here to the sting of the field and made the flawed resolution when it comes to the ultimate go.
“Hopefully we study from it and do it significantly better, in any other case it may very well be a really powerful season.
“We had a very good assembly after the [Wolves] sport when it comes to the right way to handle the sport significantly better, how to not let the opponent come again into the sport and it’s nonetheless a piece in progress clearly.
“We’re nonetheless studying sport administration and attempting to cope with tough conditions which happen in video games.
“Hopefully we study from it and do it significantly better, in any other case it may very well be a really powerful season. It is going to be a tricky season however might be significantly better in that sense.”
Van Dijk stated though, the defeat to Nottingham Forest excepted, the begin to the marketing campaign had been higher than anticipated Slot was nonetheless engaged on getting his concepts throughout.
“We’ve a number of conferences. A number of video conferences so that you get precisely proven what he needs from us, what we do effectively and what we don’t do effectively,” he added.
“You don’t wish to be sloppy as a result of if you end up sloppy you may give possibilities away and that’s one thing we have now to study.
“We nonetheless have issues to enhance. We’re successful video games and it’s a good feeling that we are able to nonetheless enhance, so we have now to maintain going.”