Arne Slot has warned his Liverpool players that they should show 'seven' more intensity against Paris St. Germain on Tuesday than in the first half against Southampton.
Slot claims that their matte display was the worst that he saw before they performed in the second half to fall the 1-0 lead of Saints on Anfield to fall and clear 16 points at the top of the Premier League.
“I think it might be the first time this season that I saw this pace,” said Reds' head coach. “I think Paris St Germain has shown the right example. They played Lille in incredible intensity, 4-0 up during the break.
“Then they played against us and that intensity, I have never seen that before this season in a game.
“So if I look at the match against Paris St Germain, we have to go one step higher in terms of intensity. And if I compare it to the game today, we have to go up three, four, five, six, seven steps in terms of the intensity if we want to have a chance to reach the next round. “
Southampton goes back to the championship and the boss Ivan Juric was Liverpool's first penalty for Will Smallbone's mistake on Darwin Nunez was “soft”.
Juric, who said that Jan Bednarek should be available for Saturday's confrontation with Wolves after he had lost away with concussion, thought that it was the turning point of the game.
“I think the penalty was not a penalty and that changed the game,” he said. “I don't like this decision.
“The contact was too soft to be a penalty. This can never be a fine. I'm sorry it happened because it was 1-1.
“But I have to say, we are a young team and there are times when we have to show more focus and more concentration, because then we can use it in the future.”
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