Liverpool v Brighton: FA Cup fourth round – live
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Arne Slot talks to TNT Sports. “[The win at Sunderland] was very important because we have lost far too many times games we didn’t deserve to lose … far too many points behind teams we want to compete with … [we won] by a set piece, which was unusual for us … we always try to go for every trophy … that is normal if you are Liverpool … we also have to be realistic … we cannot take the risk of losing more players than we have already lost … it is a very strong team but maybe usually people would have expected Hugo [Ekitike] and Ryan [Gravenberch] … I prefer to have more midfielders than defenders or attackers because midfielders are able to play in multiple positions … [Brighton] have a strong first team and bench … no academy players on the bench … but if you look here [gesticulates towards the Liverpool teamsheet] you see a bit of a difference … [both teams] have been unlucky this season.”
He’s also pressed, by TNT pundit Steve McManaman slipping into full passive-aggressive banter mode – “You can tell us, we won’t tell anybody” – into revealing that Curtis Jones will fill in at right-back and not Dominik Szoboszlai. “I don’t think it matters much if another team knows,” he sniffs reluctantly, a little frost at the edges of a very low-intensity smile.
