Liverpool launched the defense of its Premier League title during an entertaining 4-2 victory against Bournemouth on Friday, with manager Arne Slot overthrew the atmosphere during an emotional evening of Anfield while two late goals stole the show.
“Do you have half an hour?” The Dutchman said laughing when he was asked to summarize a night that started with a tribute to their striker from Portugal Diogo Jota, who died in a car accident last month.
Liverpool Talisman Mo Salah and the Federico Chiesa substitute struck after the level of the double Drew of Bournemouth of Antoine Semenyo.
“An incredible atmosphere in the last minutes,” Said the location.
“I thought that winning the League here (last season) will always be more special than winning a home match against Bournemouth, but the last six or seven minutes – WoW, Wow, Wow, Wow. How impressive.
“Three teams involved in a big match. Why three teams? Bournemouth and we play full gas for 96 minutes, or even more, 99 I think, and the referee (Anthony Taylor) who just kept the match, did not whistle every time for each little thing.
“It was a big game to watch. In the end, we won it. So it helps my emotions.”
However, the primordial emotion of the night, said Slot, was how the tribute to Jota was “impressive and powerful for Jota”.
Touching moments
There have been many touching moments in Anfield in honor of the Liverpool striker and his brother Andre Silva, also died in the incident in northern Spain in July.
“They sang for him (Jota) before the match, at the first minute, after 20 minutes, and again at the end. It was so impressive, so powerful,” Said the location.
“His wife is here, his children are there, and for them, he could be special to hear how much he liked here.”
Chiesa brand hero, whose future at the club has been the subject of speculation, delivered a performance that looked like a gift to fans that sang his name since last season.
“He gave them something in return,” Said the location.
The only negative for Liverpool was their defensive fragility, with Semenyo, capitalizing twice on the loose back line of the Reds.
“Normally, you can complain that our players do not sprint strong enough, but they did it,” Said the location.
“The only thing we have to do better, but is in an ideal world, where are you losing a ball? The best way is not to lose a ball. And if you do it … Lose it with a shot, or it ends with a kick or a kick, but do not lose it on your own 18 yards.
“But I always judge, how hard they sprint? And in both situations, they sprinted very hard.”
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