Forward of Liverpool’s match in opposition to Bologna, Arne Slot has been talking about how Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona facet ‘helped created his personal philosophy on soccer’.
Slot has solely had eight matches as head coach however we now have already seen his affect on how Liverpool play soccer.
There was extra endurance in Liverpool’s build-up play and the defenders want to discover the central midfielders extra usually than beneath Jurgen Klopp.
Talking to UEFA, Slot spoke about his philosophy and defined how Guardiola’s legendary Barcelona facet impacted his view of soccer.
Liverpool’s head coach mentioned: “In case you requested my father now, he would say, ‘He does the whole lot completely different as a supervisor to how he was as a participant’.
“I at all times make the identical joke. I at all times say I used to be not so quick, some individuals referred to as me sluggish, and that helped me perhaps a bit with sport perception.
“I wanted the staff to get to a sure degree as a result of, individually, I couldn’t go round three gamers. I at all times wanted my teammates the place I might play them my passes.”
As a participant, Slot featured in some good Eredivisie sides that performed in Europe, however extra of his abilities lay in his head than his ft.
In the direction of the top of the Dutchman’s enjoying profession, Guardiola began successful as Barcelona supervisor and performed stunning soccer whereas doing so.
Slot continued: “I needed to suppose loads in regards to the sport; perhaps that’s what helps me now.
“At a sure age, I felt like, ‘OK, if a teammate of mine performs this ball, it usually results in dropping the ball, and if we play a distinct ball, it results in success’.
“On the finish of my profession, that grew to become an increasing number of clear to me.
“I used to be fortunate sufficient that then the Barcelona staff began enjoying, and I noticed related patterns, not by way of how we play it, however extra, ‘OK, this ball which we generally play – and Barcelona consistently performs – results in success’.
“And that’s helped me create my very own philosophy about soccer.”
Slot making his mark
In addition to studying from Guardiola’s type of play, Slot has applied a change at Liverpool that the Man Metropolis boss has additionally made.
One routine Klopp‘s Liverpool adopted was to remain at a lodge in Liverpool the evening earlier than house matches. At first, this was on the Hope Road Resort earlier than latterly shifting to the Titanic Resort.
Slot has elected to not comply with this routine, although, and Liverpool’s gamers have been sleeping at house the evening earlier than Anfield fixtures this marketing campaign.
The squad then collect on the morning of the match for his or her staff assembly earlier than taking the staff bus to Anfield.
Guardiola as soon as mentioned: “I’m in mattress at 10 o’clock and I’ve obtained no urge to go and investigate cross-check my gamers. That’s why I’d quite have them at house and never cooped up in a lodge with nothing to do. We’re simply attempting to make use of frequent sense.”
It’s a routine that was appreciated by Xavi Hernandez and thus far, there have been no points with Liverpool adopting the brand new matchday course of.
