The Reds enhanced their perfect record in the league phase to five successive wins on Wednesday night, with goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo during the second half securing the victory.
It was a deserved result for Slot’s men from an enthralling fixture that also saw Caoimhin Kelleher save a penalty from Kylian Mbappe and Mohamed Salah strike wide from 12 yards.
I liked a lot what I saw. Of course not everything. I think we controlled the first half with creating a few chances, but I also thought we were still a bit sloppy, so we lost the ball in very easy situations or we forced it a bit too much. I said, ‘Try to be even more patient, let the gaps open up instead of forcing them.’
“Then it helps if, the first seven minutes after half-time I think we had total dominance, they even didn’t come across the halfway line. If you score a goal like this, then we were flying, if you want to put it like this.”
I think it’s always good to win a game, and especially a big game like this because you know you face so many quality players. For me, it would even mean more if we go into the later stages of the tournament because this is such a strange and different set-up in the Champions League that it’s difficult to judge how important these wins are.
