Xabi Alonso's immediate warning to Liverpool as Real Madrid boss sends clear message

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Arne Slot's side had lost four consecutive Premier League matches before beating Aston Villa 2-0 at Anfield on Saturday night.Madrid, on the other hand, claimed a 4-0 victory over Valencia in La Liga on Saturday night, and no sooner had the full-time whistle gone at the Santiago Bernabeu, Alonso's focus turned to Liverpool. In the second half, we were able to manage the game well because we knew we had a match on Tuesday," Alonso told reporters on Saturday night."We had to be smart because some players had played a lot of minutes, and a lot of things went well.

We don't want to relax, and we want to approach every game with the necessary mental preparation."Today we did that. "Happy with the result, with the performance and what I saw today, not only from the players but also the support we got from the fans, was what we needed today," said Slot on Saturday night."Maybe we were a bit more on the lucky side than we've been in the last few weeks, where in my opinion we were also unlucky.

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