Liverpool’s Slot disagrees with dad over ‘exciting’ football

AFP | London

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Liverpool manager Arne Slot joked yesterday that his father sometimes complains that his football is not “exciting” enough.

The Premier League leaders, six points clear of second-placed Arsenal, play relegation-threatened Ipswich on Saturday but the Dutchman is expecting a difficult game.

“They’ve been a bit unlucky sometimes in the last moments of games,” said Slot, who faced Ipswich in his first game in charge at Anfield in August, winning 2-0.

“The second half of the season is always more difficult than the first half because some teams strengthen themselves during the winter break.

“Many teams work with their manager for half a season and that normally leads to a team becoming better.”

Kieran McKenna’s Ipswich have had the occasional encouraging result but last week they were hammered 6-0 by Manchester City.

Slot was asked at his prematch press conference whether Liverpool fans would expect a similar result at Anfield.

“That is difficult for fans, and my father is a fan as well, and when I call him after the game he can also say it wasn’t as exciting as other games of Liverpool when he watched the game against Lille (a 2-1 Champions League win in midweek),” he said.

“And then I have to try to explain to him that these games you can easily lose if you’re starting to force all kinds of difficult balls. But he’s not always agreeing with me.