Arne Slot was questioned about the importance of the Carabao Cup when he gave the perfect response to explain how well he is doing in Liverpool.
It is now at the beginning of February and the Dutchman knows that he will now be assessed on how many trophies the Reds win this season. When he replaced Jurgen Klopp last summer, many doubted when the Reds could keep pace with the top teams who had lost their iconic leader.
There were debates about whether or not they would end up in the Champions League places. Many waited to see how far they would fall. Now that a little more than halfway through the debut campaign of Slot, they lead the Premier League title race, in the last 16 of the European Cup with a FA Cup fourth round draw against Plymouth to To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To To Tooogro's.
But of course the first chance is to reach a final on Thursday evening if they organize Tottenham in the semi -final of the Carabao Cup. They want to keep the trophy they lifted last February, but some football nobs may believe that it is the least of the pots for picking up for English clubs. But winning trophies is what clubs such as Liverpool are built. Every trophy is important. Vermust too.
“It is quite nice that we have already come to the situation that it is only success if we win a trophy,” said Slot. “I think when I started here, people like, okay, if we end up number 10, we are already happy.
“That is a bit exaggerated … but people were a bit worried about what will happen after Jurgen. So now we are already in the situation where if we win the League Cup, it is not enough anymore? Is that what you say?
“For me, the only thing that is important is that every time the players go out, they work very hard and try to win every game. And do this in a certain playing style.
“That is my most important focus and I have been in this task long enough that if you focus on trophies or results, which will not be very successful. We have to concentrate on how we play. It sounds so simple, but to work as hard as this team does every three days, is far from simple.
“That is my most important focus and not on how many trophies or even if we win a trophy. But I want to win the League Cup. “
Slot knows that they are trophies and medals that are counted in large clubs such as Liverpool. But he gets so much pleasure from entertaining the fans. The Reds will have to be exciting to cancel a 1-0 deficit of the first stage last month.
And as a lock, entertaining means, he also means winning. But although he wants to win trophies, he always wants the fans to look desperately to his side. In life it's not just about winning trophies. I have to steal something that Jurgen said. It is also very important that the fans think the stadium think: “When do they play again?”
“I really like that sense because I would like to be rated more about it if managers are rated more about it than just trophies. How do they play? Is it nice to view them? Are the fans already looking forward to the next game?
“I agree that we are more likely to be judged on the trophies we win, but I judge myself and the players at the working speed and the quality they bring during each game.”
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