Inter manager singles out Liverpool’s physicality and intensity in rare verdict

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Liverpool have been deemed “comfortable” to play against in recent weeks, but Inter manager Cristian Chivu offered a rare verdict on the intensity of Arne Slot‘s side. After the defeat, which he felt would have been fair as a draw, Chivu told reporters, via translation: “We had some issues in the early minutes because we struggled with their pressing and the way they keep the ball.

“Then we figured out how to beat their press, and I think in the last 20 minutes of the first half we did have some chances. We could no longer make any substitutions because we had one slot available.” It makes for a positive change that the opposition manager credited the intensity with which Liverpool played, but the challenge for Slot is to see that on a consistent basis.

“I think I saw all of the players showing a lot of commitment to the game plan. • READ: Steven Gerrard: Salah saga “wrong” and needs Van Dijk intervention “In the first half we tried to keep a plus one in and around our last line, but after the substitutions they made we struggled more and more with [Manuel] Akanji in the middle, who dribbled into the midfield. “So, we said during half-time, we have to be more aggressive in our press, we’re going to go more one-v-one.