Slotte: Liverpool s strongest last season was the clean sheet, but now the defense needs to be improved

Hupu on August 11th Liverpool coach Slot attended the post-match press conference of the Community Shield Cup.

He thinks Liverpool's "main problem" that day was

The main problem, I don't think there is any major problem unless the opponent loses two penalty kicks and you still lose within five penalty kicks, of course there is nothing we can do about it.

But I think overall we led twice in this game and in my opinion we controlled the game until the moment they tied the goal 2-2.

And then, suddenly, while we have another great chance of Salah, we may also end up losing the game. But before the 2-1 moment, I have every reason to expect we will win this game. But after 2-2, we may be lucky to be able to enter the penalty shootout.

Can you learn something from failures that can bring into the new season

Yes, but that's nothing new. I think throughout the preseason, we've seen that we're able to create more opportunities and have more hands-on ball possession, we've created more opportunities and we might even control more situations.

We had a high possession rate last season, but that didn't always bring good things. Now, I think our ability to create and grasp the situation is better than we did last season.

But on the other hand, we conceded four goals against AC Milan, one against the Japanese team [Yokohama Mariner], two against [Athletic Bilbao], and two more today.

What we really strong last season was that we only had one goal win for most games, which was mainly due to our keeping a clean sheet or conceding at most one goal.

We scored two goals against Crystal Palace today, and we failed to do that once last season - we beat Crystal Palace 1-0 and drew 1-1 at Anfield. This is the positive side.

but lost two goals; by the way, we saw Crystal Palace was strong last season, which made everyone difficult, and I expect them to do this season.

Many balls were directly passed behind the central defender, and many crosses were also made. For me, I don't feel like we're losing so many opportunities until they equalized 2-2 and then they posed a bigger threat to us.

From the end of the game to the penalty shootout, what information he conveyed to the players

did not convey any particularly important information. Just make sure everyone stays calm, don't be distracted, and take the penalty.

Which five people took the penalty were clear, so we just had to decide the order next, and we did.

Next, it is to let the players focus on taking the penalty kick, and they did. From the first second, it was obvious who took the penalty without any interference, but this did not result in all five of us scoring.

How Liverpool balances creating opportunities and solid defense

We did replace four players and sometimes you need some time to get used to the offense or defense. But in the game against Bilbao, we didn't give a chance to the opponent. Maybe once, I don't know, but we lost two set pieces, which are also an important part of football, but these set pieces are not from sports wars.

I don't think we've conceded many goals today, but we've conceded two more because they created the penalty kick for the first great opportunity.

I may have forgotten some opportunities, but I think the 78th minute is their second great opportunity in this game. But overall, there are not many opportunities because they took a low post defense and we had a high possession rate.

But after the 2-2 draw, they got some chances, so we may need to make some adjustments on the defense at the moment, as we don't have many opportunities at the moment, but we did concede the ball.

Regarding Ekitic's performance and the impact his goals have on his future

I think the goal is always gratifying - not only for him, but for Jeremy Flynnon - if you start your career at a new club, it's even more gratifying to win a game because I think it's more important than scoring.

He played a good role, but he was also a typical example, and I remember he joined the team about a week and a half to two weeks ago after our Asian Tour ended.

So for me, it's only three or four days before Friday's game, and it's not wise to have him play for 90 minutes, because... Of course, we have Federico [Chiesa], but he's not on the Asian Tour either, so there's not a lot of people to be substituted.

So if he gets injured now, the game against Bournemouth, Newcastle and Arsenal will be a big risk. That's why I let him go, but he played well today, for sure.