Arne Slot was delighted with the best way his Liverpool aspect hit again to beat Brighton this afternoon.
The Seagulls bossed the primary half and deservedly led on the break by Ferdi Kadioglu’s superb 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 overwhelmed at Bournemouth.
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Slot stated: “I feel quite a lot of issues occur throughout a season. Generally you need to defend a lead, typically you need 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’t at all times be from the primary till the final second one of the best workforce on the pitch.
“Generally you’ve a troublesome interval after which you have to struggle again, and that’s what we did. I didn’t ask – I’d love them to take action and so they did in the long run – however I didn’t ask them to attain two targets, I solely requested them to play a distinct second half than we performed towards Nottingham Forest, with a distinct mentality – so if issues go towards you, you need to present up.
“Winners at all times do, and fortuitously we’ve quite a lot of winners in our workforce that confirmed up within the second half.”
First half not adequate – Slot
Slot accepted, nonetheless, that repeats of that first-half show will trigger them issues down the road.
“What I do like quite a bit 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 capable of struggle 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 feel we deserved, after which to come back again so robust towards such a top quality workforce that has spent a lot cash in recent times, offers me quite a lot 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, in the long run, punish you someplace. So we have to present up from the beginning.
“The group was unbelievable 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 quite a bit about his mentality. That additionally says quite a bit about his high quality, in case you don’t play that a lot and also you are available, in a sport the place your teammates had been outplayed for 45 minutes, which you could are available and play like this…
“And it additionally says quite a bit 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 quite a bit to play 90 minutes on Wednesday and to usher in a efficiency like this on Saturday.
“However that is what folks instructed me once I got here in: Joe is a high, high, high skilled who at all times, it doesn’t matter what place he’s in, offers his finest for the workforce and for himself in the long run as properly. He acquired the reward for it at present as a result of I feel the followers liked what they noticed – I positively did.”
