National media send strong Liverpool message after Arne Slot statement - 'Don't get them angry'
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How the national media reacted to Liverpool's 2-0 win over Aston Villa in the Premier League on Saturday eveningPhew. And while the ECHO was in attendance and provided our usual level of coverage, here's how the national media viewed a positive result for Arne Slot's side.READ MORE: What Arne Slot thought of Liverpool chants in Aston Villa win - 'They don't forget'Dominic King, formerly of this parish, pondered in the Daily Mail the impact of the Anfield fans and a major mistake from Villa."Don't get them angry," he penned.
All Unai Emery would have wanted was for his players to turn Anfield into a doctor's waiting room, filled with silence and tension, but instead they poked the bear."The game Liverpool dared not lose became the game they gleefully won, fuelled by the energy of a crowd that acted as a 12th man, bellowing approvingly of every thunderous tackle and hollering disdainfully of every perceived wrong decision: Villa walked wide-eyed into a trap and paid the price."Here was an exorcism of Wednesday's League Cup elimination against Crystal Palace, when Slot's team selection put him under a microscope."Writing in The Sunday Times, Jonathan Northcroft looked at a number of good individual outings from Liverpool players."No performance was bigger than that of Dominik Szoboszlai, who covered every blade and - tackling, heading, shooting, dribbling - showed every technical skill," he proffered. And so, of course, is Mohamed Salah."The Egyptian followed the defiant brilliance of last week’s goal against Brentford with another record-breaking strike, to give Liverpool a lead they deserved for their first-half dominance.
He was in vintage fettle, even going on a dribble up the touchline through two opponents before being tackled by a third, as Slot applauded and Anfield ooh-ed and aah-ed."Andy Hunter, another once of these parts, concentrated in The Guardian on the show of support from the Anfield crowd towards Slot."As the pressure lifted inside Anfield and Liverpool entered stoppage time of their first Premier League win since 20 September, the Kop broke into a rousing chorus of Arne Slot’s name," he scribed. Support for Slot was unequivocal when it mattered most."Liverpool, the Premier League’s crisis club before kick-off after six defeats in seven games, sit third in the table after starting an important week with a deserved win against Villa."Richard Jolly of the Independent looked at how history was made and avoided."Liverpool had reasons to dread the prospect of history being made at Anfield," he typed.