Arne Slot insisted Liverpool confirmed why they’re champions this afternoon regardless of a below-par efficiency in dropping 3-1 at Chelsea.
Reds boss Slot made six modifications to his facet for the journey to Stamford Bridge, giving a number of fringe gamers the prospect to impress with Liverpool having wrapped up the title following their 5-1 thrashing of Tottenham final weekend.
However they did not gel and a Cole Palmer-inspired Chelsea cruised to a throughly deserved three factors.
Slot moderately glad regardless of setback
Regardless of struggling simply their third league defeat of the season, Slot felt there have been moments of promise from his facet.
He advised BBC’s Match of the Day: “For a lot of issues I didn’t see a drop off. Immediately, we might see why we’ve got gained this league – we introduced the ball out from the again very well.
“We got here again after being 2-0 down and we didn’t quit, however I’ve mentioned earlier than margins are small.
“In some moments a number of percentages weren’t there.
“It’ll all the time be a tough sport to play right here, however for us to play the way in which we did tells me additionally why we gained the league, however it additionally tells me when you’ve got a small drop off within the ultimate third you may concede or not rating.
“A clever man as soon as mentioned to me ‘nothing good comes from dropping a soccer sport’ and that’s how we expertise it.”
A Jarell Quansah personal aim doubles Chelsea’s lead! 🫣 pic.twitter.com/fLCvzxHs2k
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Slot backs fringe gamers
Slot mentioned not an excessive amount of could be taken from the performances of his squad gamers, including: “They should play these video games as a result of they’ve skilled so onerous this season. Each time they did so nicely in order that’s why I believe they deserved to play this sport. We don’t decide them solely on this sport, we decide them day by day on the coaching floor and within the moments that they play for us.”
Slot gained the title regardless of making only one signing final summer time, that of Federico Chiesa who has hardly featured.
And the Dutchman admitted he might look to freshen issues up earlier than Liverpool try and retain their crown subsequent season.
Requested if followers can anticipate an enormous summer time forward, he advised Sky Sports activities: “It’s already an enormous summer time as a result of we prolonged Virgil [van Dijk] and Mo [Salah] and for big elements of the season, I don’t assume everybody anticipated that.
“For us to maintain them is an enormous factor. I’ve mentioned already that I’m proud of the squad we’ve got. We’ll see what the summer time brings however generally it may be good to convey contemporary power. [But] Provided that we see somebody available on the market who can enhance us.”
Glad Maresca praises spectacular Chelsea
Chelsea’s win moved them on to 63 factors, the identical as Newcastle and only one fewer than third-placed Manchester Metropolis because the race to safe qualification for the Champions League intensified.
Blues boss Enzo Maresca was delighted along with his crew’s show.
“I’ve very impressed with my gamers” 😃
Enzo Maresca reacts after Chelsea’s 3-1 win over Liverpool 🎙️ pic.twitter.com/finTdvIa4a
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He mentioned: “Essential three factors, particularly at this stage within the season. This crew [Liverpool] confirmed why they’re so good. They pressured us to defend deep which we don’t like.
“We deliberate the sport to be aggressive, enjoying the way in which we would like they usually pressured us to make use of a distinct plan. The gamers tailored fairly nicely. For the quantity of possibilities that we created, we deserved to win the sport.”
As for his or her top-five aspirations, he added: “For positive, Chelsea has to combat for Champions League and hopefully sooner or later we are able to combat for one thing extra necessary. On this second we’re there and hopefully we are able to end there.”
