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Daily Mirror IconSportFootballChampions LeagueArne Slot praised Conor Bradley for his performance in Liverpool's 1-0 win over Real Madrid, with the right-back keeping Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius Junior quietArne Slot has heaped praise on Conor Bradley following his 'outstanding' display for Liverpool against Real Madrid. He singled out Bradley, specifically, for his contribution to that effort."I told them before the game, they have scored 26 goals in La Liga. [Just the] 24 goal contributions from Kylian Mbappe and Vinicius."So if you want to have any chance of winning this game, you need to control those two.
I think we did this outstanding," he said."Talking about individual performances, Connor Bradley was outstanding today, I think against Vinicius." Bradley's performance was also lauded by the Anfield faithful.They sang; 'He's one of our own' in his honour. Slot disclosed that this was one of two potential game plans against Alonso's team."The thing we said was we either press them really high and aggressive or we go to a complete low block.
Because if you're in between playing against Vinicius and Mbappe - probably one of the players with the best deep runs and incredible pace - it's so hard to control that," he explained."So ideally we press them very high but never, ever give up space in behind the last line. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice.Sky Sports discounted Premier League and EFL packageThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it.
