Arne Slot addresses Curtis Jones game time amid exit rumors

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That was a quality that a right-back had for a long time who played here before, a very, very comfortable player on the ball in Trent Alexander-Arnold."He gave I wouldn't say a copy of Trent, but Curtis gave us that quality on the ball - calm, finding the right passes, starting to dribble, he gave us that in the Everton game and that helped us."Curtis Jones was great in the Merseyside derby(Image: Getty Images)Regarding suggestions Jones would have preferred more game time this season, Slot replied: "Since I am the manager he plays much more minutes than he ever did before. If you have a lot of injuries, then in the top 25 there are five or six players of ours with the most minutes played."Curtis played a good game against Everton, although now all of a sudden everybody had a good game because we won."I can tell you we played much better games when we have lost or drawn.

But that's how football works - if we win then everybody played a great game, and if we lose then it's all s***."Jones could hold onto his spot at right-back this afternoon, though both Jeremie Frimpong and the returning fit-again Joe Gomez are pushing hard for selection.While only the bottom two sides have found the net less frequently in the Premier League than Palace, solely title challengers Manchester City and Arsenal have conceded fewer goals.This sets the scene for a potentially grinding encounter at Anfield, with Liverpool chasing the win that would take them closer to a top-five finish and Champions League qualification, following a campaign in which their style of play has occasionally drawn "boring" accusations."I definitely don't like hearing that, but in some moments it was true," said Slot. "I would like to react to that with 15 arguments that I can hold against it."Having watched Crystal Palace, how many chances do you think Man Utd had against them?

Then you start to win and it's, 'well, you played a great game against Everton'. I can tell you we had a great result, but we did not play a great game over there.