The head coach of the English Liverpool, Arne Slot, commented on his team’s defeat to the Turkish Galatasaray (0:1) in yesterday’s match of the second round of the group stage of the Champions League.
— Another disappointment. We played completely differently, both with the ball and without it, than in the match against Crystal Palace (in the English Championship, 1:2, — ed. note). In the first half, we played well enough, and we had a great opportunity to go ahead with 1:0. In the first half, I noticed a lot of good things, but in the second — much less. I don’t think the ball was in play for long after the break; the opposing striker lay on the ground several times. It was difficult for us to catch the rhythm.
Sometimes we manage to outsmart the opponent a bit in such situations, like with the penalty, and I can’t blame Dominik Szoboszlai for that. They turned a 20 percent penalty into a 100 percent one — very wise on their part. It’s the little things that decide, just like it was last season. For the second time in a row, they are not going in our favor.
We are not that far from the level of play of last season. Sometimes such results are due to the schedule, and the match with Galatasaray really turned out to be challenging. Now we have a tough game against Chelsea ahead of us,” Slot’s words are quoted by BBC.