Arne Slot was optimistic about his squad after Liverpool’s 2-0 win over Ipswich, but in addition eager to insist that transfers are nonetheless very a lot attainable.
Liverpool utilised a powerful bench to assist them flip a poor first 45 minutes into an excellent second half.
Whereas it was in the end a optimistic day for the Reds, the primary interval did present a few of Liverpool’s deficiencies.
Slot was requested for his opinion on Liverpool’s midfield efficiency within the context of there being no new faces, following Martin Zubimendi’s choice to not signal for Liverpool.
“The second half was a pleasure to look at”
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“I don’t assume our downside within the first half was our midfield,” mentioned the pinnacle coach on TNT Sports activities.
“Our downside was extra that we misplaced too many duels – our defenders misplaced too many and our attackers didn’t win sufficient.”
At half time Liverpool introduced on Ibrahima Konate for Jarell Quansah, with Conor Bradley, Cody Gakpo and Kostas Tsimikas additionally approaching within the second half.
The likes of Harvey Elliott, Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones didn’t even make it off the bench.
Slot continued: “I used to be happy with them and loads has been mentioned about our [lack of] signings, however I noticed three or 4 gamers coming off the bench with out even coming into the workforce and they’re already adequate to play.”
Regardless of this, he was eager to insist that the Reds are nonetheless energetic within the switch market.
“We have now many good gamers however like I mentioned, if we will discover one other one we’ll not hesitate to take action however we’ve already many,” the pinnacle coach added.
A lot of this summer season’s switch speak has been of exits fairly than incomings.
Except for Liverpool’s failed pursuit of Zubimendi, the closest the Reds appear to have come to a signing is Valencia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili.
Nonetheless, his potential signature can be instantly adopted by a mortgage exit and would subsequently not impression Liverpool’s fortunes this season.
So far as we all know, no bids have been made for a defender this summer season. This might make the choice to depart Joe Gomez out at residence for Liverpool’s sport towards Ipswich even stranger.
The England worldwide wasn’t included within the matchday squad and in response to the Occasions‘ Paul Joyce, is now exploring “his choices earlier than the switch window closes.”
Absolutely, we couldn’t afford to lose the versatile Gomez with no main gamers arriving in his place.
