Arne Slot sends three-word demand to Liverpool stars in bid for Champions League glory

Liverpool invited Bologna to Anfield connected Wednesday evening arsenic Arne Slot takes complaint of the Reds astatine location for the archetypal clip successful the Champions League aft joining the nine successful the summer

Arne Slot has told his players determination volition beryllium 'no easing up' arsenic Liverpool instrumentality connected Bologna successful the Champions League.

The Reds travel into the clash having reached the apical of the Premier League aft their win implicit Wolves saw them instrumentality vantage of Man City's gaffe up against Newcastle United. The Dutchman present wants to continue successful a akin vein successful Europe's apical competition.

Liverpool started their European run against AC Milan and came distant 3-1 victors astatine the San Siro after going down Christian Pulisic's aboriginal strike. Now, Slot is acceptable to acquisition his archetypal Champions League lucifer astatine Anfield against much Serie A absorption arsenic Vincenzo Italiano searches for a triumph successful the contention aft drafting with Shakhtar Donetsk.

Slot hopes to gain triumph against Bologna but anticipates seeing wherever his Liverpool broadside are astatine during a much instense schedule. The erstwhile Feyenoord brag is adamant his squad cannot instrumentality their ft disconnected of the state with the planetary interruption approaching and admitted Liverpool's spot atop the Premier League is, astatine slightest successful part, due to an easier fixture list frankincense far.

Slot said up of the crippled against Bologna: "The caller Champions League operation is inactive settling and it volition lone beryllium successful clip that we afloat recognize the differences it volition make, but 1 happening we cognize for definite already is that we volition person to triumph arsenic galore games arsenic imaginable against teams who person the precise aforesaid objective.

"Bologna intelligibly autumn into this category. They person had a singular mates of years successful Serie A during a play successful which they established themselves arsenic 1 of Europe's astir breathtaking up-and-coming clubs. Their caller communicative is simply a truly absorbing 1 truthful I would similar to invited Vincenzo Italiano, his unit and players to Anfield with warmth and respect successful the cognition that Bologna volition beryllium a pugnacious test.

"Although this volition beryllium our penultimate crippled earlier the planetary break, the operation of the concern we are successful and the docket we are facing means determination tin and volition beryllium nary easing up. This is our 2nd of 3 matches wrong 1 week and the challenges are continuing to travel to america truthful we request to beryllium acceptable for them.

"I person said from the commencement of the play that these are the benignant of periods erstwhile we volition find retired a batch astir wherever we are at. Playing Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday successful 2 competitions is ever a large situation successful truthful galore ways. It tests our squad, our preparation, our recovery, our quality to header with antithetic pressures and truthful galore different things besides.

"This isn't to accidental we haven't already learned a batch astir ourselves from the games erstwhile we played lone erstwhile a week, but it decidedly makes consciousness that you larn much during spells similar this. Part of this process involves ever being realistic truthful that we recognise precisely wherever we are successful our improvement arsenic a team.

"The results astatine the play mean we are presently connected apical of the Premier League and this is thing that the players should beryllium pleased with of course. But astatine the aforesaid clip we cognize that the fixtures we person had astatine the commencement of the play person not been arsenic hard arsenic they person been for different teams.

"This isn't astir dampening excitement, due to the fact that we ever privation our supporters to judge successful what we are doing and the possibilities it mightiness bring. It is astir being realistic and knowing our ain advancement due to the fact that by doing this we tin support connected obtaining the accusation that we request to support connected improving.

"If we tin support connected being superior successful our attack successful this mode it tin lone assistance us, particularly arsenic this is our archetypal play backmost successful the Champions League aft missing retired past clip around. Staying humble, keeping our feet connected the crushed and knowing determination is simply a batch of hard enactment and betterment inactive required is not conscionable the close mode for us, it is the lone way."

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