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Liverpool's new head coach, Arne Slot, provided insights following their pre-season friendly match against Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan, which Liverpool won 3-1. Slot highlighted the importance of this game as part of the team's preparation for the upcoming Premier League season and emphasized the progress of integrating new signings into the squad.

Slot acknowledged the challenge of missing key players like goalkeeper Alisson Becker, who returned to Brazil due to personal reasons, and defender Joe Gomez, sidelined by an Achilles injury. Despite this, Slot praised the squad's overall performance, noting they were able to maintain their style of play and showing promising chemistry among the players, especially the recent acquisitions such as Hugo Ekitike, who made his club debut.

The manager addressed some defensive concerns, mentioning the team was a bit open at times and suffered counterattacks, a challenge compounded by rotating a large number of players and having many out of their usual positions. Slot remained optimistic about the squad's development and the upcoming season. He also commented on ongoing transfer activity, including the impending departure of Luis Diaz to Bayern Munich and linked speculation around adding Alexander Isak to the team roster.

Overall, Arne Slot conveyed satisfaction with the team's pre-season progress, emphasizing that while there is room for improvement, the players have shown good adaptation to his tactical approach. The Yokohama game is seen as a useful step in fine-tuning the squad ahead of competitive matches, such as the Community Shield and the Premier League start.

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