That’s all from me. Thanks for reading and for your emails. Congratulations to Liverpool, who look likely to qualify for the top eight. Marseille still have a lot of work to do to reach the round of 16. Cheers! Bye!
Arne Slot, Liverpool manager, speaks to the cameras:
It’s a tricky place to go because of their fans, their players, their manager. I thought we were good. There were three, four, five moments where we took the ball off them and should have done better. We created less chances than we did on Saturday [against Burnley], but we won the game here.
We deserved what we got tonight. We weren’t unlucky like we were this season. I know why we’re not consistent. When the game is open, players can show their quality. That is completely different to when you are playing a low block. We have struggled against low block but every time we have faced a team that wants to play, wants to press, we have played well.
I would suggest that Slot is very defensive with his answers, even after a 3-0 victory. He comes armed with statistics, and is a little spiky with criticism. He talks about low blocks as though teams are not allowed to defend. He consistently mentions injuries as though Liverpool are the only team with players on the sidelines. It’s not a very good look.
That said, Slot deserves a lot of credit for his tactics tonight. Liverpool were excellent back to front.
