Arne Slot Relieves Liverpool Achieving Important Victory

Arne Slot satisfied Liverpool achieved the long-awaited victory (Instagram/@liverpoolfc).

JAKARTA - Arne Slot said he was relieved to see Liverpool win 2-0 over West Ham United after their poor form.

The Premier League champions have lost nine of their last 12 games in all competitions, with a 4-1 defeat to PSV Eindhoven in the Champions League in the middle of last week adding to pressure on the Reds coach.

However, Liverpool returned to winning ways at London Stadium, with goals from Alexander Isak and Cody Gakpo.

"Lega, although I immediately told my colleagues that it might be handball. So, I'm not surprised it took a long time (for confirmation)."

"I was happy when the referee pointed to kickoff and the score was 2-0. In terms of results, of course it was very good," said Arne Slot after the match.

The Dutch coach also highlighted a number of positive things his team got. For example, how Liverpool make it difficult for opponents to get chances and replace them so they don't become goals.

However, Arne Slot admits that the Reds also still need improvement over the conversion of opportunities into goals, which have not shown any significant developments.

"However, there are also several things similar to our previous matches and several different things."

"The same thing is that we couldn't score on our first chance, but the good thing was for the first time in many, many games, the first chance the opponent didn't get well."

"The best thing is that it's their only chance and it happens after 90 minutes. It's happened to us a lot that the opponent's first chance came in straight away."

"Then you'll see a completely different game as we've seen it all the time. It didn't concede a dead ball and really scored from a dead ball even though it came from a far throw, it didn't take time."

"However, these are very important things if you want to win a football game. People may say we have more possession and don't concede much."

"It's very important when you're not 0-1 down after five minutes and have to catch up. When it's 0-0, you control the game and when it's 1-0, you even control it more," said Arne Slot.

Isak's goal was his first goal in the Premier League for Liverpool. However, Arne Slot was reluctant to comment on the goal when asked if the goals from the Swedish player had been awaited for a long time or not.

"It's also a bit unfair to him. Usually, as the number 9, in general, he plays more minutes for clear reasons. Even today, I have to pull him out after 68 minutes."

"He's played a lot, but in terms of playing minutes, not that much. 1-0 wins are very important for us as a team."

"It's important for him because it's his third chance of this game. I don't think he has more than 10 minutes left. Scoring goals just before being pulled off the pitch is important for us and him," said the coach again.