Arne Slot gives perfect response to Liverpool doubters after replacing Jurgen Klopp

Liverpool big Tottenham connected Thursday nighttime successful the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd limb astatine Anfield with Arne Slot chasing archetypal trophy with Reds

Arne Slot was being questioned connected the value of the Carabao Cup erstwhile helium delivered the cleanable effect to explicate however good helium is doing astatine Liverpool.

It’s present aboriginal February and the Dutchman knows that helium volition present beryllium judged connected however galore trophies the Reds triumph this season. When helium replaced Jurgen Klopp past summer, galore were doubting if the Reds could support gait with the apical teams having mislaid their iconic leader.

There were debates connected whether oregon not they’d adjacent decorativeness successful the Champions League places. Many were waiting to spot however acold they’d fall. Now conscionable implicit halfway done Slot’s debut campaign, they’re starring the Premier League rubric race, successful the last-16 of the European Cup with an FA Cup 4th circular necktie against Plymouth to come.

But, of course, Thursday nighttime is the archetypal accidental of getting to a last arsenic they big Tottenham successful the Carabao Cup semi-final. They’re looking to clasp the trophy they lifted past February but immoderate shot snobs whitethorn judge it to beryllium the lesser of the pots up for grabs for English clubs. But winning trophies is what clubs similar Liverpool are built on. Every trophy matters. Quite rightly, too.

“It's already rather bully that we've already travel to the concern that it's lone occurrence if we triumph a trophy,” said Slot. “I deliberation erstwhile I started disconnected implicit here, radical were like, okay, if we extremity up fig 10 we're already happy.

“That's a spot exaggerated… but radical were a spot disquieted astir what volition hap aft Jurgen. So present we're already successful the concern wherever if we triumph the League Cup it is not capable anymore? Is that what you are saying?

“For me, the lone happening that is important is that each clip the players spell retired they enactment precise hard and effort to triumph each azygous game. And bash this successful a definite playing style.

“That is wherever my main absorption is connected and I person been agelong capable successful this occupation that if you absorption connected trophies oregon results, that's not gonna beryllium precise successful. We person to absorption connected however we play. It sounds truthful simple, but to enactment arsenic hard arsenic this squad does each 3 days is acold from simple.

“That is wherever my main absorption is connected and not connected however galore trophies oregon adjacent if we triumph a trophy. But I bash privation to triumph the League Cup.”

Slot knows it is trophies and medals which are counted astatine large clubs similar Liverpool. But helium gets arsenic overmuch joyousness retired of entertaining the fans. The Reds volition person to beryllium breathtaking to overturn a 1-0 shortage from the archetypal limb past month.

And erstwhile Slot means entertain, helium means winning arsenic well. But portion helium wants to triumph trophies, helium ever wants to marque the fans hopeless to ticker his side. In life, it's not lone astir winning trophies. I person to bargain thing Jurgen said. It is besides precise important that the fans permission the stadium thinking: ‘When bash they play again?’

“I similar that condemnation a batch due to the fact that I would emotion america arsenic managers being judged much connected that than lone connected trophies. How bash they play? Is it bully to ticker them? Are the fans looking guardant to the adjacent crippled already?

“I hold that we are much mostly judged connected the trophies we win, but I justice myself and the players connected enactment complaint and the prime they bring during each azygous game.”

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