Arne Slot explains extra work Hugo Ekitike is doing at Liverpool - 'Not always with a smile'

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For him to score goals, it’s also important that we hardly concede from set-pieces."He’s worked really hard to get where he is now and I think he’s ready to go into the programme we are facing now but he’s not the only No.9 I have. Federico Chiesa can also play in that position so I have the chance to take him off if he’s completely tired.”Slot added: “The main thing that has changed [during a six-game unbeaten run], apart from the second half at Brighton, is that we haven’t conceded as many chances as we did in the run we had before.

I also think we’ve been a bit more lucky than in the games before."We played games where we were so much better than the other team, in terms of everything. In the last game against Spurs, I don’t think we had many more chances than them and against Brighton, it was equal as well.

But we won those two games."Many times, we’ve been so unlucky with the result. In the last two games, I wouldn't say we don’t deserve it but it was more equal than many other games we’ve played and lost.