Slaughter: Try your best to guard against Mbappe; I repeat, Wirtz is trying to adapt to the Premier League

Hupu News November 05: Liverpool head coach Slott attended the post-match press conference after defeating Real Madrid 1-0.

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Ane, you have been in this state for the past two years, and Liverpool has strangled Mbappe. Did you do something special too? You just mentioned that you talked to the players before the game and you showed them the data. Is this your way of keeping them focused?

Yes, I didn't even tell them that in the Champions League, he scored two goals against Marseille and one goal against Juventus... Although he didn't score, Vinicius contributed to that goal. And I remember he scored three goals against Kairat.

So I feel like you can never completely control these two players, but there are things you can do to help them. But I also saw today that their biggest chance was when Vinicius passed the ball to Bellingham, because they are more than just those two people, they have a lot of very good players.

And it was difficult to completely restrict them, because Mbappe appeared in dangerous areas on several occasions.

But I think we did our best to limit these two players.

hi Anae, many people have asked you this question, but let’s talk about Florian Wurz first, because his starting position is of great significance to Liverpool, and his performance is also very good. Do you feel this type of play is appropriate for his skill level? Or is he just playing at a higher level?

I have said it many times, and I can say it again, but other people can have different opinions, or they can have the same opinion as me. But if you come from a different league and you have to play a game every two days and you have so many away games and the opponents have different styles, you have to adapt.

This applies to almost everyone, let alone a 22-year-old player.

I think he is trying very hard to adapt as quickly as possible and he has been very unlucky throughout his career at Liverpool because even though he created a lot of chances for the team today, the goal we scored was neither his assist nor his goal.

I wouldn't even say give him some time because we've given him enough time to adjust. I gave him a lot of games to adapt to the Premier League but I didn't play him every game because I don't do that with almost any player, especially those who missed pre-season, are very young or come from a different league and they need some time to adapt.

If you have two days off after the Frankfurt game and then go to Brentford to play an away game, it may be different from playing an away game in the Bundesliga, the Eredivisie or any other league in the world, because I think this league is the highest quality league in the world, with more than 20 teams, so you can understand why there are so many good individuals and athletes playing here. They are mainly between 25 and 40 years old, and in some teams you will also see 22-year-old players.