Arne Slot was delighted with the way in which his Liverpool facet hit again to beat Brighton this afternoon.
The Seagulls bossed the primary half and deservedly led on the break by means of Ferdi Kadioglu’s fantastic aim.
However Cody Gakpo equalised with a cross-shot that eluded everybody and went in earlier than Mohamed Salah scored a trademark curling effort to safe the win and transfer the Reds to the highest of the Premier League desk, two factors away from Manchester Metropolis, who had been surprisingly crushed at Bournemouth.
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Slot mentioned: “I feel quite a lot of issues occur throughout a season. Generally you must defend a lead, typically you must come again after going 1-0 behind. So, it is a win you additionally want in a season the place you wish to be aggressive, since you can’t at all times be from the primary till the final second the very best workforce on the pitch.
“Generally you might have a troublesome interval after which it is advisable to battle again, and that’s what we did. I didn’t ask – I’d love them to take action and so they did in the long run – however I didn’t ask them to attain two targets, I solely requested them to play a unique second half than we performed towards Nottingham Forest, with a unique mentality – so if issues go towards you, you must present up.
“Winners at all times do, and thankfully we’ve got quite a lot of winners in our workforce that confirmed up within the second half.”
First half not adequate – Slot
Slot accepted, nevertheless, that repeats of that first-half show will trigger them issues down the road.
“What I do like lots is that final week, two occasions we got here from one aim behind towards Arsenal, 1-0 and 2-1, and two occasions we had been capable of battle ourselves again into the sport [to draw 2-2],” he added.
“And on this sport we had been 1-0 down at half-time, which I feel we deserved, after which to return again so sturdy towards such a high quality workforce that has spent a lot cash lately, provides me quite a lot of confidence for the remainder of the season.
However I additionally added after the sport to the gamers that 45 minutes of the soccer we performed within the first half will, in the long run, punish you someplace. So we have to present up from the beginning.
“The gang was unbelievable the second half. Our gamers [too] however our followers as nicely. It was the loudest crowd since I’ve been right here.”
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Golden Gomez
Slot reserved particular reward for Joe Gomez, who got here on at half-time for the injured Ibrahima Konate and turned in a stellar show.
He mentioned: “Yeah, that claims lots about his mentality. That additionally says lots about his high quality, for those who don’t play that a lot and also you are available in, in a sport the place your teammates had been outplayed for 45 minutes, you can are available in and play like this…
“And it additionally says lots about his mentality in latest weeks and months, the place he didn’t play that a lot, however he’s now in a position with out enjoying lots to play 90 minutes on Wednesday and to herald a efficiency like this on Saturday.
“However that is what individuals informed me once I got here in: Joe is a high, high, high skilled who at all times, it doesn’t matter what place he’s in, provides his greatest for the workforce and for himself in the long run as nicely. He acquired the reward for it in the present day as a result of I feel the followers beloved what they noticed – I positively did.”