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The Guardian - UK
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Andy Hunter in Leipzig

Tsimikas admits Liverpool defeat at Old Trafford last season ‘destroyed everything’

Liverpool's Konstantinos Tsimikas of Liverpool controls the ball during their Champions League match against RB Leipzig
Liverpool’s Konstantinos Tsimikas. ‘We work game by game and every game is a final. We try to do what the manager is asking,’ he said. Photograph: Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Kostas Tsimikas has said Liverpool are targeting a clean sweep of trophies under Arne Slot after last season’s FA Cup defeat at Manchester United “destroyed everything”. Liverpool continued the outstanding run under their new head coach with a Champions League victory at Leipzig on Wednesday, establishing a club record of 11 wins from the opening 12 matches of a season.

On Sunday is a visit to Arsenal, when they would open a seven-point gap over their hosts with a seventh successive victory on the road. “It’s too early to speak about [making a statement against Arsenal] but our goals at the start of the season, we said we wanted to win everything,” Tsimikas said. “We will go to Arsenal to play our football and to win the game.

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