Slot on Ngumoha, Konate and 'belief in special things' against PSG
Liverpool boss Arne Slot has been speaking to the media before Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final against Paris St-Germain at Anfield (20:00 BST). The Reds trail 2-0 from the first leg. Here are the key lines from his news conference: On whether Liverpool can overturn the two-goal deficit, Slot said: "We've shown so many times this season in big games we are able to get a big performance.
Many were very good. In 49 home games over the last year-and-a-half, in 36 we have scored two goals or more. We have not played all these 49 games against Paris St-Germain, but the Premier League and Champions League opponents we had were very strong.
So there is a belief we can do special things tomorrow but we know we need to be very special because we are playing the champions of Europe. " Will he play a back three again like in the first leg? : "People find it very hard to believe but the approach is not so different tomorrow as it was in Paris.
People who know me know I don't put out a team that defends in a low block for 90 minutes. You could see we pressed them high on multiple occasions. The approach tomorrow will be to take the risk, press them, but we saw how difficult that is.
" On the importance of a fast start: "We know we need an exceptional performance to go through, but that's normal if you're playing the champions of Europe and 2-0 down. Let's make sure we can get back into the tie and the best way is scoring the first goal. Saturday showed the importance of a goal.