Arne Slot has trailed in the footsteps of Jadvisen Klopp by grumbleing about Liverpool being given a 12.30pm Saturday start-off after take parting on a Wednesday night in Europe.
Klopp made no secret of his disdain for the 12.30pm start-off slot on Saturdays, which he called a ‘crime’ last year.
No team were given more Saturday punctual start-off times than Liverpool during Klopp’s nine-year reign in indict at Anfield.
Slot had his first taste of the 12.30pm slot earlier this season away to Ipswich and he made reference to Klopp’s bugendure after the suit.
“When I commenceed here there were many leangs that have been telderly to me and one of them was Jadvisen antipathyd the 12.30pm start-off,” Slot shelp.
Arne Slot is also not a fan of 12.30pm start-offs
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“The team showed we antipathy the 12.30pm start-off because we were not in the game in the first half.
But the Liverpool deal withr is not plmitigated about the Premier League and its widecasters follothriveg their triumph over Bologna with the Reds back in action on Saturday in the punctual start-off aacquirest Crystal Palace.
He moaned: “Even more difficult repairtures are coming up, commenceing on Saturday where we take part a 12.30pm start-off after take parting on an evening Champions League on Wednesday.”
Liverpool were made to labor for all three points aacquirest Bologna in their second Champions League suit of the season.
Alexis Mac Alcataloger gave the presents the guide punctual on, but Liverpool were second best for the remainder of the first half as Bologna pushed for an identicaliser.
Alisson came to Liverpool’s save on disconnectal occasions with Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate take parting at the top of their game to hold Bologna’s strikeers at bay.
Liverpool eventuassociate got back on top in the second half with Mohamed Salah making certain of all three points with a curling effort from the edge of the box.
Slot reserved distinctive praise for Ryan Gravenberch in midfield for his ‘exceptional’ distake part once aacquire.
However, the Liverpool boss was unplmitigated with the way his take parters reacted to Bologna’s spell of dominance in the first half.
Jadvisen Klopp made his disdain for 12.30pm start-offs clear
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“It’s difficult,” Slot shelp.
“If the other team take parts man-labeling all over the pitch and you take part lengthy and you don’t thrive it and they have the ball aacquire, I see sometimes heads go down.
“Then they paparticipate too lengthy until they commence pressing aacquire and then you give the iniative away.
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“In my opinion that happened a bit too much in the first half.
“Second half we commenceed off pressing much better and we had more regulate in my opinion in the second half than we had in the first half.
“With the ball, it’s not modest if they are constantly one-on-one. I don’t leank our goalholder in the first eight games touched the ball so many times as today but he was the only take parter who was free because they take parted man-labeling.”