Liverpool boss Arne Slot gives damning reason for Mohamed Salah snub in PSG defeat

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We had 20-25 minutes defending in the box, I think it's better to save his energy for the games coming up in the coming weeks."You think you can do better if you press them high and force them into mistakes. But maybe also in the period of season we are in survival mode."We try to find ways where we can try to make sure that their qualities aren't seen that much but it's really hard to do against this team."On the choice to deploy a back five for the first time with a full senior squad during his Liverpool tenure, Slot added: "They have pace from everywhere all over the pitch, incredible pace.WORLD CUP LEGENDS: The stars who lit up football’s greatest tournament - Buy the Special Edition today"(Achraf) Hakimi and Nuno Mendes are an unbelievable threat apart from all the others, so we played them with (Jeremie) Frimpong and (Milos) Kerkez.

Usually players like Milos and Jeremie are better equipped to do that than out-and-out wingers."But you could see almost every time we tried to do that, those where the moments where we were completely ripped apart, they had five or six chances. It tells you how difficult it is to play against those teams."In a low block it means we have more defenders, more tight, more aggressive.

A lot of teams have played a lot of tactics here but the result is always the same – Paris Saint-Germain blowing everyone away."I am convinced that we can show something different in less than a week's time. I am convinced we will play a much more similar game as we played last season at home."Join our LFC WhatsApp community and get all the latest LFC news, views, transfer gossip and more, as it happens We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners.