Wednesday 08/April/2026 – 11:56 PM
to reply Arnie Slott, Liverpool’s technical director, Surprisingly, when asked about not fielding Mohamed Salah, the Reds star, in the Paris Saint-Germain match in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-finals at Princes Park Stadium, which ended in a victory for the hosts with two unanswered goals.
Statements by Arne Slott
Slott said in statements at the press conference in response to Mohamed Salah not being fielded in the Liverpool-Paris Saint-Germain match: We wanted to defend in the last 25 minutes, and these matches do not suit him, despite the quality he possesses… and also to save his energy in the upcoming matches.
He added: I changed the formation in today’s match because my idea was to press strongly, but every time we tried that, we were easily penetrated, and this shows how difficult it is to face this team.
Slott pointed out in his statements: We were in a position of resilience for long periods of the match, but perhaps at this stage of the season, we are already in a position of resilience, trying to find ways to limit the appearance of their quality as much as possible, but that is very difficult, and as I said, they were the better team. We did not give up, and this means that we have a chance.
He concluded his statements by saying: Paris Saint-Germain was the better team by a large margin today, and could have scored more than two goals.
