Arne Slot has called Diogo Jota a "champion in everything" and said Liverpool would "carry him with us in our hearts".

Liverpool remain in mourning following the death of Portugal forward Jota, 28, and his brother Andre Silva, 25, in a car crash in Zamora, Spain, on 3 July.

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Earlier this week Slot joined several players in attending the tributes that have appeared to Jota and his brother outside Anfield.

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"We will always carry him with us in our hearts, in our thoughts, wherever we go," Slot said on the Liverpool website.

"In any moment we are here, we will carry him with us in our thoughts and in our hearts.

"Nothing seems to be important if we think of what has happened," Slot said of Sunday’s game

"And I’ve said to them, maybe the best thing for us to do is handle this situation like Jota was