Arne Slot credits Hugo Ekitike’s work rate at Liverpool – ‘Took a bit of convincing!’

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Liverpool striker Hugo Ekitike’s five goals in four matches suggest he is starting to get to grips with the Premier League but head coach Arne Slot admits he had to push the player to reach his current levels. “He is ready to go into the programme we are facing now but he is not the only number nine I have.

“The main thing that has changed is, apart from the second half against Brighton (2-0 win on December 13), we haven’t conceded that many chances as we did in the run we had before,” he added. “I also think we have been a bit more lucky than in the games before because we have played games where we were so much better than the other teams.

“In the last game against Spurs (2-1 win last Saturday) I don’t think we had many more chances against them and against Brighton it was equal as well, and those two games we won. “Many times we have been so unlucky with the result, almost every time, but in the last two games I wouldn’t say we didn’t deserve it but they were more equal games than many others we have played which we lost.”