Afrigather Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot has expressed respect for AC Milan however insists his staff is undaunted as they put together for his or her opening Uefa Champions League cracker on the San Siro stadium on Tuesday night time.
Liverpool and Milan, two of probably the most profitable groups within the competitors’s historical past, will face off of their first match of the newly formatted Uefa Champions League.
Milan heads into the sport on the again of a convincing 4-0 win over Venezia, whereas Liverpool suffered a stunning 1-0 defeat at house to Nottingham Forest over the weekend.
Regardless of the weekend setback, Slot is assured and targeted. “I don’t suppose any supervisor is scared to play the opposite staff, however we’ve got numerous respect for AC Milan,” Slot stated in his pre-match press convention.
“They’ve high quality, and we respect all their gamers. They’ve proven they’re in good type with an excellent 4-0 win. Scared is just not the phrase we’d use. We respect rather a lot.”
Slot additionally shared his ideas on the brand new Uefa Champions League format, noting that it’s too early to gauge what number of factors will likely be wanted to advance.
“It’s troublesome to say what number of factors are wanted, because it’s the primary time we’ve performed underneath this format. We went via with Feyenoord with six factors one time. It’s clear that if you wish to be within the high eight, it is advisable to win rather a lot for the factors,” he defined.
“The format will likely be higher assessed in a while. For now, it’s optimistic for soccer lovers to see thrilling fixtures, like ours tomorrow.”
Slot additionally outlined his technique to cease Milan’s star attacker Rafael Leao, “We have now studied his high quality and he’s definitely a standout participant. To cease him at his finest, we have to defend as a staff to counter his high quality. Milan has many high quality gamers, and Leao is certainly one of their high gamers for my part.”
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