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View image in fullscreenArne Slot focusing on players Liverpool will still have after Alexander-ArnoldManager has hopes for Bradley and likes finding answers‘I’m very, very, very happy about Virgil and Mo extending’

Arne Slot is planning to turn Trent Alexander-Arnold’s Anfield departure into a positive for Liverpool, the head coach has said.

Slot might have to look outside the club for someone to challenge the Northern Ireland international for the right-back berth.

“If I could make the choice, I would prefer Trent to stay,” Slot said.



“I’m not going to change everything, but it’s different Trent playing than Conor playing, or Joe Gomez playing, or Curtis Jones playing, so it does bring up the thing I like: finding answers for the qualities we have now in our team, because Conor brings in different qualities than Trent.

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“It also gives you energy if new players come in as well, or if you just joined a new club, so last season all of them were new for me.

“I was hoping for all three of them to stay,” Slot said.

I think that reached the headlines and everybody spoke about it a lot already, but that should not be forgotten.”

There was potential for Sunday’s fixture to play a significant role in the title race but second-placed Arsenal have been unable to keep up with Liverpool.

Slot said of his counterpart Mikel Arteta: “He’s working there for five years, he should get a lot of credit for the way his team plays because they can play almost every style.

“They can play off set pieces, they can defend in the low blocks and be the dominant team, they can play a high press, they can build up from the back, they play the long ball.
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