Forward of Liverpool’s match in opposition to Bologna, Arne Slot has been talking about how Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona facet ‘helped created his personal philosophy on soccer’.
Slot has solely had eight matches as head coach however we’ve already seen his affect on how Liverpool play soccer.
There was extra persistence in Liverpool’s build-up play and the defenders wish to discover the central midfielders extra usually than underneath Jurgen Klopp.
Talking to UEFA, Slot spoke about his philosophy and defined how Guardiola’s legendary Barcelona facet impacted his view of soccer.
Liverpool’s head coach mentioned: “In case you requested my father now, he would say, ‘He does every little thing totally different as a supervisor to how he was as a participant’.
“I at all times make the identical joke. I at all times say I used to be not so quick, some individuals known as me sluggish, and that helped me possibly a bit with recreation perception.
“I wanted the group to get to a sure degree as a result of, individually, I couldn’t go round three gamers. I at all times wanted my teammates the place I might play them my passes.”
As a participant, Slot featured in some good Eredivisie sides that performed in Europe, however extra of his abilities lay in his head than his toes.
In the direction of the top of the Dutchman’s taking part in profession, Guardiola began successful as Barcelona supervisor and performed stunning soccer whereas doing so.
Slot continued: “I needed to assume lots in regards to the recreation; possibly that’s what helps me now.
“At a sure age, I felt like, ‘OK, if a teammate of mine performs this ball, it usually results in dropping the ball, and if we play a special ball, it results in success’.
“On the finish of my profession, that turned increasingly more clear to me.
“I used to be fortunate sufficient that then the Barcelona group began taking part in, and I noticed related patterns, not when it comes to how we play it, however extra, ‘OK, this ball which we generally play – and Barcelona always performs – results in success’.
“And that’s helped me create my very own philosophy about soccer.”
Slot making his mark
In addition to studying from Guardiola’s model of play, Slot has carried out a change at Liverpool that the Man Metropolis boss has additionally made.
One routine Klopp‘s Liverpool adopted was to remain at a resort in Liverpool the evening earlier than house matches. At first, this was on the Hope Road Resort earlier than latterly shifting to the Titanic Resort.
Slot has elected to not observe this routine, although, and Liverpool’s gamers have been sleeping at house the evening earlier than Anfield fixtures this marketing campaign.
The squad then collect on the morning of the match for his or her group assembly earlier than taking the group bus to Anfield.
Guardiola as soon as mentioned: “I’m in mattress at 10 o’clock and I’ve acquired no urge to go and check out my gamers. That’s why I’d somewhat have them at house and never cooped up in a resort with nothing to do. We’re simply making an attempt to make use of frequent sense.”
It’s a routine that was appreciated by Xavi Hernandez and to this point, there have been no points with Liverpool adopting the brand new matchday course of.
