Premier League news: There’s nothing wrong with Liverpool’s standards, fumes Slot; Guardiola: title chase not over

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The forward said: “I told them: ‘You need people to come early and go to the gym.’ If this doesn’t happen it will be tricky for the club, because it’s very necessary you put the standards high.”Slot bristled at the suggestion that Salah’s comments, coupled with Virgil van Dijk’s claim that a lot of work is needed behind the scenes at Liverpool, implied there were problems with the dressing-room culture.“Does Virgil mean the same as what Mo is saying?” he said. I am completely convinced that we have enough players next season – and the ones we will sign to add to that – to put the standards exactly into the place they are needed.

Chelsea have three Premier League games left – starting with Saturday’s trip to Liverpool – as well as the FA Cup final, to secure any form of European football next season.“We’re not in the best form at the moment, we’re not performing the way we should be, but I do think there are foundations there for this team to be successful,” McFarlane said. “It’s a challenge, it’s tough, you don’t like losing games, no one likes losing games of football, but I’m enjoying the challenge, I’m embracing the challenge and I’ve got a job to do,” he added.“I try and support the players and give them the best platform to win football games, it’s my job.

“It’s so demanding what we have, the challenge, especially the game on Sunday, that’s what we have to focus on.“I don’t have enough energy to think about what’s ahead. The summer transfer window is difficult to predict, it’s difficult to see what’s going to happen on any level at this moment in time so we’ve got three big games to play and we need to focus on them.” PA Media