Arne Slot was delighted with the way in which his Liverpool facet hit again to beat Brighton this afternoon.
The Seagulls bossed the primary half and deservedly led on the break via Ferdi Kadioglu’s tremendous objective.
However Cody Gakpo equalised with a cross-shot that eluded everybody and went in earlier than Mohamed Salah scored a trademark curling effort to safe the win and transfer the Reds to the highest of the Premier League desk, two factors away from Manchester Metropolis, who had been surprisingly crushed at Bournemouth.
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Slot stated: “I believe a number of issues occur throughout a season. Typically it’s a must to defend a lead, typically it’s a must to come again after going 1-0 behind. So, this can be a win you additionally want in a season the place you wish to be aggressive, since you can not all the time be from the primary till the final second one of the best staff on the pitch.
“Typically you might have a troublesome interval after which it is advisable to battle again, and that’s what we did. I didn’t ask – I might love them to take action they usually did ultimately – however I didn’t ask them to attain two objectives, I solely requested them to play a special second half than we performed towards Nottingham Forest, with a special mentality – so if issues go towards you, it’s a must to present up.
“Winners all the time do, and thankfully we have now a number of winners in our staff that confirmed up within the second half.”
First half not ok – Slot
Slot accepted, nonetheless, that repeats of that first-half show will trigger them issues down the road.
“What I do like loads is that final week, two instances we got here from one objective behind towards Arsenal, 1-0 and 2-1, and two instances we had been in a position to battle ourselves again into the sport [to draw 2-2],” he added.
“And on this sport we had been 1-0 down at half-time, which I believe we deserved, after which to return again so robust towards such a top quality staff that has spent a lot cash in recent times, offers me a number of confidence for the remainder of the season.
However I additionally added after the sport to the gamers that 45 minutes of the soccer we performed within the first half will, ultimately, punish you someplace. So we have to present up from the beginning.
“The group was unimaginable the second half. Our gamers [too] however our followers as properly. It was the loudest crowd since I’ve been right here.”
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Golden Gomez
Slot reserved particular reward for Joe Gomez, who got here on at half-time for the injured Ibrahima Konate and turned in a stellar show.
He stated: “Yeah, that claims loads about his mentality. That additionally says loads about his high quality, if you happen to don’t play that a lot and also you are available in, in a sport the place your teammates had been outplayed for 45 minutes, which you can are available in and play like this…
“And it additionally says loads about his mentality in latest weeks and months, the place he didn’t play that a lot, however he’s now ready with out enjoying loads to play 90 minutes on Wednesday and to usher in a efficiency like this on Saturday.
“However that is what individuals advised me after I got here in: Joe is a prime, prime, prime skilled who all the time, it doesn’t matter what place he’s in, offers his finest for the staff and for himself ultimately as properly. He bought the reward for it at the moment as a result of I believe the followers cherished what they noticed – I positively did.”
