Slot pleased with Isak's fitness after Atletico battle
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Slot told TNT Sports: "If you want to beat a team like Atletico, which is known and has an unbelievable mentality, you have to beat them with their own weapon as well and that is mentality.
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"I think that’s what we showed again today, that we can beat them also by mentality.
The Dutchman, who celebrated victory on his 47th birthday, said: "Particularly because I think in the 60 minutes he played, he seemed to be quite fit to me so it wasn’t as if, after 10 minutes, he was already very tired.
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Atletico boss Simeone, who was sent off after Van Dijk's winner, praised his goalscorer Marcos Llorente as he continued his remarkable record at Anfield, adding another two to the double he scored in their only win here in 2020.
"I think our spirits are high
"I hope that a team like Liverpool can improve that part," he added