Have suffered a series of losses! Slott: The game was disappointing, sometimes even if I didn t want to do so, I had to rotate

In the second round of the Champions League, Liverpool lost 0-1 away to Galatasaray and suffered a series of losses. After the game, Slott attended the press conference and talked about the game and rotation issues.

Summary of the game

"It's disappointing because we played to win, and we didn't do it. For me, this loss is different from the game against Crystal Palace. This game, especially the first half, has a lot to be affirmed, and in the second half, it's hard to create opportunities. First, the opponents tried their best, we must admit their efforts, and second, we had little control over the game in the second half, and I said 'almost nothing', which means there is very little actual game time in the game."

Talking about whether rotation affected the team

"It's hard to say that there may be a lot of originality when players have passed or other mistakes. Because. As I have explained many times, we have some players who missed pre-season preparations, so you can't get them to play every game, of course you can do that, but that increases their risk of injury. As the intensity of the game keeps increasing, the likelihood of injury increases if the player is not ready, which means that sometimes even if I don't want to rotate, because some players are not ready to play three 90 minutes of games in a row in seven to eight days. "

" I'm very happy with my team, but we don't have 25 or 26 players, if two or four players get injured, the remaining 15 or 16 players need to play almost all the games, which makes things complicated. So this is our common decision, and I totally believe it. Because if you have 25 players, it is also very difficult to manage. Since Ekitic, Isaac, Bradley and McAllister are not in full pre-season preparations, it also means I can't send them on the court every time."

Talking about Flynnon and Sobo start together on the right

"Flynnon often plays wingbacks or right wingers at Leverkusen, and he has played in our pre-season, and he can start on Salah. I don't think there are many other players who can do this He always plays this position in the national team. Usually, Galatasaray will let the left winger cut in and the left back presses forward sharply. So the left winger will enter the midfield, Sobo is also in the midfield, and Flynnon will be like a wingback. But today the opponent made the opposite arrangement, and changing the team is not unfamiliar to us, and I think they both can compete well in this position. I also explained that Bradley did not play in the full preseason, so he can't play every game. We need to consider which players are suitable for which game. Salah has played a lot of games before that, so we decided to give him a break, and I was very satisfied with the first half. "