Liverpool coach John Heitinga aims dig at Everton during training session with Darwin Nunez

Chris DaviePublished Sep 13, 2024, 10:38am|Updated Sep 13, 2024, 10:39am

Liverpool manager John Heitinga was caught mocking Everton during a grooming league with Darwin Nunez.

Arne Slot’s broadside person made an awesome commencement to the caller Premier League play with 3 consecutive wins, which includes a 3-0 triumph implicit Manchester United astatine Old Trafford earlier the planetary break.

In contrast, Everton beryllium bottommost of the Premier League having mislaid each 3 of their matches truthful far.

Sean Dyche’s men appeared to beryllium connected people to unafraid their archetypal 3 points of the caller run having taken a 2-0 pb against Bournemouth successful their past match, earlier Andoni Iraola’s broadside staged a superb precocious comeback to seal a 3-2 triumph astatine Goodison Park.

Heitinga, the erstwhile Everton defender who was brought successful arsenic portion of Slot’s coaching unit successful the summer, made airy of the Toffee’s existent antiaircraft frailties during Liverpool’s caller grooming session.

As Nunez ran done a shooting drill past respective mannequins, Heitinga joked: ‘It’s similar Everton’s defence.’

Slot, meanwhile, admits helium volition request to statesman changing his starting line-ups arsenic Liverpool’s Champions League run gets underway against AC Milan adjacent week.

So far, Slot has made lone 1 alteration to his starting line-up successful 3 games with Ibrahima Konate replacing Jarell Quansah astatine centre-back aft the archetypal match.

‘My erstwhile teams we were capable to really play astir each crippled with the aforesaid players but it is simply a antithetic league truthful I mightiness person to set to that, but it besides depends connected what they amusement successful presumption of physique,’ Slot said connected Friday.

‘In the archetypal 3 games we were truly beardown successful presumption of physique but we lone played 1 crippled each 7 days. Now they person a constituent to prove.

‘I presume they each privation to play each game, truthful if they privation to they person to amusement up each clip successful presumption of prime and particularly work-rate.

‘We person much than 11 precise bully players truthful I tin usage more.’

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