Examine every detail from Arne Slot’s post-match press conference following Liverpool’s 1-0 victory over Leicester City at King Power Stadium, which brings them closer to securing the Premier League title.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, returning from injury, scored the decisive goal in the 76th minute shortly after being substituted, ensuring an away win that also confirms Leicester’s relegation to the Championship.
Slot’s squad, currently 13 points ahead of second-placed Arsenal, needs just three points from their remaining five matches to guarantee their championship status.Moreover, they will officially clinch the league title before their next match—scheduled at home against Tottenham Hotspur next Sunday—if Crystal Palace defeats Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.
Read the complete transcript of Slot’s press conference following the Leicester match below.
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Arne Slot on Leicester win, Trent Alexander-Arnold and getting closer to the Premier League titlePublished 20 hours agoBy James Carroll and Sam Williams at King Power StadiumShareFacebookFacebookTwitterTwitterEmailEmailWhatsappWhatsAppLinkedinLinkedInTelegramTelegramRead every word from Arne Slot’s post-match press conference after Liverpool moved another step closer to the Premier League title by beating Leicester City 1-0 at King Power Stadium.
Trent Alexander-Arnold, on his return from injury, lashed home a 76th-minute winner soon after coming off the bench to seal an away victory that also confirms Leicester’s relegation to the Championship.Slot’s team, who sit 13 points above second-placed Arsenal, now require a maximum of three points from their five remaining matches of the season to be certain of becoming champions.
However, they will officially win the league before their next game – at home to Tottenham Hotspur next Sunday – if Crystal Palace beat Arsenal at Emirates Stadium on Wednesday night.
Read Slot’s post-Leicester press conference in full below.
Read our match report from King Power StadiumOn the impact made by Alexander-Arnold after coming on as a substitute…I don’t think I deserve any credit for that because if you have Trent on the bench, knowing that Conor [Bradley] probably can’t play 90, I think every manager in the world would have brought Trent in.
There are no credits for me over there, but definitely for Trent because he has worked so hard for five-and-a-half weeks – including the medical staff that worked so hard with him to get him back in the squad as soon as he could.
That’s why we could use him today for [20] minutes, but I had to use him for 27 because of seven minutes of added time.
On how much the moment meant to Alexander-Arnold…I don’t think it only meant a lot for him, I think it meant a lot for everyone – for everyone who loves Liverpool.
It is a big moment and big players like to have big moments in their career.
Virgil [van Dijk] had one last week in a special moment; Mo [Salah] has had them many times this season already.
Players with the quality of Trent, you know – you know – these players step up when you most need it.
He did that when he came in against Newcastle [United], he did that in his second-half performance against Paris Saint-Germain, where I was just waiting for him to score a goal until the moment he had to go out with an injury.
Now he is back and he has had his moment. All nice, but still one to go.