Arne Slot reflects on ‘moment of luck’ that saw Liverpool triumph at Burnley

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A dramatic winner from Mohamed Salah changed the fortunes of Liverpool this afternoon.

It took the Reds 95 minutes to break the deadlock, and as Salah has so many times in the past, he cooly stepped up and scored the decisive goal for Liverpool when it matters.

It means that Liverpool keep their 100% start to their title defence intact, and spares Arne Slot’s blushes.

Seconds away from suffering a disappointing draw to Burnley, Liverpool now keep the momentum as they go into a very busy part of the season.

The Reds begin their Champions League and FA Cup journeys over the next month, busying up an already tight schedule.

Next week, Atletico Madrid visit Anfield, before Liverpool’s noisy neighbours pay them a visit on the weekend for the first Merseyside Derby of the season.

Reflecting on a hard-fought win at Turf Moor, in which Liverpool’s players had to dig extremely deep to secure victory, Arne Slot has given his thoughts on the result.

“Compliments to Burnley for the way they defended.

We had to wait until the end phae of the second half and in the final stages we got what we’re hoping for.”

“There is a chance it will fall in the way you want but it was difficult because they had players behind the ball.”

“We needed a moment of luck, or a moment of magic.

We didn’t have the magic, but we had the luck.”

Arne Slot made the brutal decision to take Milos Kerkez off in the first half against Burnley, with the Hungarian defender already on a bookign and was seemingly being targetd by the opposition.

Explaining his decision to do this, the Dutch manager said:

“It was because he got a yellow card.

I thought the only way we could lose it today was if we went down to ten men.”

There are persistent signs of a lack of fluidity between the old crop of players and the new signings, but Arne Slot will be hoping with time the connections will be built and then Liverpool really will be flying.

Twelve points from twelve with a largely new starting eleven is no mean feat.

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