Arne Slot reveals half-time team talk that inspire Liverpool's statement win over Real Madrid

Alexis Mac Allister opened the scoring conscionable aft half-time earlier Cody Gakpo doubled the pb and enactment the hosts successful control, with Liverpool beating Real for the archetypal clip since 2009.

The Reds were ascendant successful the aboriginal stages of the second-half earlier they deservedly took the lead, and Slot was asked astir his half-time connection to animate the awesome performance.

“I felt that we were a spot excessively impatient,” Slot said of his side’s show successful the opening 45 minutes.

Every clip erstwhile they threatened america - which didn’t hap a batch - it was from america being sloppy successful passing oregon forcing it excessively much.

“So I said: ‘I deliberation there’s much successful you guys than you amusement astatine the moment. You tin play with much strength and amended with the ball. Forget the garment that you face, conscionable bash what you ever bash and hopefully we tin make much chances than we did successful the archetypal half.’”

In a melodramatic ten-minute spell astatine Anfield aft Mac Allister’s goal, Kylian Mbappe saw his punishment saved by Caoimhin Kelleher earlier Mohamed Salah past smashed his ain spot-kick disconnected the extracurricular of the station and wide.

It was different awesome showing from Kelleher, who has consistently delivered since coming into the broadside with Alisson Becker retired injured.

“The aforesaid happening that went done my caput erstwhile Mo Salah stepped up,” Slot said erstwhile asked what helium was reasoning arsenic Mbappe went to instrumentality the penalty.

“In astir situations you deliberation it’s astir apt going to spell in, due to the fact that they person specified a large record. But yeah, some missed. They showed america contiguous that they are quality beings.

“In Mbappe’s situation, [Kelleher] saved it which made it much peculiar for us. There was different concern wherever helium was besides outstanding.

“He’s done singular for us, conscionable similar our different goalkeeper, but helium did singular today.”