ARNE SLOT, Liverpool manager, says his team does not feel nervous when they enter the Premier League with seven points against Arsenal.
The REDS team beat Wolves 2-1 in anfield on Sunday without a shot in the second half-while Wolves was 10 years old and was close to stealing a surprise point.
But the hole says that the narrow victories are expected at this stage of the season and expect another blatant exam when they face Aston Villa on Wednesday evening.
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He said: “We won other games at home or away by one goal when he was also narrow. If this happens at the end of the season, people will talk about nerves, but to ensure a victory in the Premier League if you are leading only one goal will always be much. From defense and a lot of hard work.
“During large parts of the season, it is just hard work, but at the end of the season we talk about nerves.
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In the final stage of the season, many games are really narrow. Not only ours. If you look at all the results, even Barcelona yesterday, which I admired a lot and really played a good football this season, in the end they were about to give up and made it 1-1.
“It is the final stage of the season where such results are very common, as in our FEYENOORD season as well. It tells you that you must fight to the end and these games that you need to win to achieve something.”
“They have a great home record”
Liverpool has not yet lost on the road under a hole, and only one villa from the last 14 Premier League matches against Liverpool.
But Slot believes that Villa – who added Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio to their attack – will prove that it is difficult to crack.
“When you get the match list, I think a villa is far away, you look at it as one of the most things you can face.”
“[They have] Very good manager [Unai Emery] Who has always has a very good game plan. Many good players brought in the winter vacation, and they had already had a very good team. They qualified to get the first eight in the Champions League, so it tells you that it is a strong team we will face.
“They have a great home record, perhaps more when they play in the evening, so we know this will be a challenge but we have a very good record this season. We have done well this season in general as well, so it is a game for everyone to look at it.”
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The opening confirmed that defender Joe Gomez and Cody Jacob are still out of work.
He said: “Cody is the closest to the return, but Joe will take some time.
It is a big blow to an atmosphere and us. He tries to do everything to be with the team. He works hard to return and then the first match when he returned after two or three minutes, we saw him making a race and is now outside for weeks again.
“So it is very difficult for a player in every part of the season, not to mention part of the season that everyone is looking for.”