Liverpool head coach Arne Slot has provided an update on Diogo Jota ahead of facing Arsenal this weekend.
This is every word the Reds boss had to say on the trip to the Gunners and much more.Liverpool injury news: “I think they feel good but not for the weekend.
Federico Chiesa might train today; Diogo Jota not. Conor Bradley, let’s see if he can be with us tomorrow.
On the challenge of playing Arsenal: “I said before and after that I expect a lot from Chelsea and they showed that at Anfield.
A similar team to Arsenal with full-backs going into the same formation, but the last two seasons, Arsenal has been ahead of us and Chelsea. You would assume playing Arsenal would be more difficult but let’s see at the end of the season.
It’s an away game; it’s even more difficult than Chelsea at home, and we know how difficult that was.Nobody knows who the biggest competitors will be at this early stage, but Arsenal will be one, so winning points against them is important.
Three draws and one loss last season? If we use those maths, if Liverpool could win all three, the table is much different. But it is difficult to win away at Arsenal or City, but we will try on Sunday.
On the excitement of being involved in a big game: “In the life of a manager, I don’t know about the players, the excitement is 10 or 15 mins after the game, and then you think what you have to say for the players, and then you do the media.
So the excitement is only 10 or 15 minutes, but it is a very nice fixture to be involved in. Arsenal away is definitely one of them.”It’s not that I had targeted points at the start of the season.
It is the joy after a game and it always about the fixture list, trying to prepare and not looking too far ahead because that is no use in football.
You just prepare in the best possible way, team meetings, and that is where the main focus is. We just try to improve every day and that is what is needed. Teams around us do the same.
