Forward of Liverpool’s match in opposition to Bologna, Arne Slot has been talking about how Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona aspect ‘helped created his personal philosophy on soccer’.
Slot has solely had eight matches as head coach however we’ve got already seen his affect on how Liverpool play soccer.
There was extra persistence in Liverpool’s build-up play and the defenders need to discover the central midfielders extra usually than beneath Jurgen Klopp.
Chatting with UEFA, Slot spoke about his philosophy and defined how Guardiola’s legendary Barcelona aspect impacted his view of soccer.
Liverpool’s head coach stated: “In case you requested my father now, he would say, ‘He does every little thing totally different as a supervisor to how he was as a participant’.
“I at all times make the identical joke. I at all times say I used to be not so quick, some individuals referred to as me gradual, and that helped me perhaps a bit with recreation perception.
“I wanted the crew to get to a sure degree as a result of, individually, I couldn’t go round three gamers. I at all times wanted my teammates the place I might play them my passes.”
As a participant, Slot featured in some good Eredivisie sides that performed in Europe, however extra of his abilities lay in his head than his ft.
In the direction of the tip of the Dutchman’s enjoying profession, Guardiola began profitable as Barcelona supervisor and performed stunning soccer whereas doing so.
Slot continued: “I needed to assume so much concerning the recreation; perhaps that’s what helps me now.
“At a sure age, I felt like, ‘OK, if a teammate of mine performs this ball, it usually results in dropping the ball, and if we play a unique ball, it results in success’.
“On the finish of my profession, that turned an increasing number of clear to me.
“I used to be fortunate sufficient that then the Barcelona crew began enjoying, and I noticed comparable patterns, not by way of how we play it, however extra, ‘OK, this ball which we typically play – and Barcelona consistently performs – results in success’.
“And that’s helped me create my very own philosophy about soccer.”
Slot making his mark
In addition to studying from Guardiola’s fashion of play, Slot has applied a change at Liverpool that the Man Metropolis boss has additionally made.
One routine Klopp‘s Liverpool adopted was to remain at a lodge in Liverpool the evening earlier than dwelling matches. At first, this was on the Hope Road Lodge earlier than latterly shifting to the Titanic Lodge.
Slot has elected to not comply with this routine, although, and Liverpool’s gamers have been sleeping at dwelling the evening earlier than Anfield fixtures this marketing campaign.
The squad then collect on the morning of the match for his or her crew assembly earlier than taking the crew bus to Anfield.
Guardiola as soon as stated: “I’m in mattress at 10 o’clock and I’ve bought no urge to go and inspect my gamers. That’s why I’d reasonably have them at dwelling and never cooped up in a lodge with nothing to do. We’re simply attempting to make use of frequent sense.”
It’s a routine that was appreciated by Xavi Hernandez and to date, there have been no points with Liverpool adopting the brand new matchday course of.
