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The Liverpool manager said: "Their loss against Frankfurt, I have watched that game and for me they were very, very, very unlucky in that game.Content cannot be displayed without consent"The chances they gave away were only small, and it was either the quality of Frankfurt or little bit of bad luck for Galatasaray that they conceded five, because if they play the same game again, they will never, ever, ever concede five goals again in that same game because they played much better than the 5-1 showed."That's also what you see now at the beginning of the season here in Turkey, seven wins and only conceded two if I am correct, scored a lot of goals, so a very, very good team and a very good manager who has been so successful over here as a player."Slot added: "So they know what it takes to win the league and know what it takes to win a game of football, so we have to be prepared for that."On Galatasaray's threat from set-pieces, Slot remarked: "I think you've already given the answer: we've shown we are a team that can defend set-pieces really well. More and more in football, you see it becomes more and more a set-piece game."I know set-pieces are a part of football, but I watched Brentford [versus] Man United on the way up to Palace.



I saw 25 minutes of that game, and I think it was 20 minutes of long throw-ins, set-pieces, long throw-ins, set-pieces, corner kick, goal-kick... a goal-kick is not a set-piece, by the way!"This is the style of football you see more and more, mainly in the Premier League, in my opinion. This is something everybody likes about the Premier League, but in Europe, this is definitely a bit different."We knew Galatasaray were also strong on set-pieces, but I can tell you we were a force on set-pieces last season and we won our last Champions League game because of a set-piece [when] we scored the 3-2 with Virgil [van Dijk].

We were very, very, very close to scoring one against Palace."Every team you face at the moment, you have to be so, so, so well prepared when it comes to set-pieces. That tells you the importance we give to set-pieces and I think every team around Europe gives to set-pieces."Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Football content.