Liverpool are preparing for a crucial Champions League meeting with Galatasaray on Wednesday. The Reds lost 1-0 in the opening leg of their round of 16 match, providing Arne Slot’s team with a challenge in reaching the quarter-finals.
Liverpool will be trying to use the Anfield atmosphere to their advantage, despite being booed during their most recent match against Tottenham. The Reds were held to a painful 1-1 stalemate with Tottenham, jeopardizing their chances of finishing in the top four.
Slot’s focus now moves back to the Champions League, where he hopes to restart Liverpool’s campaign. The Dutch head coach will be hopeful that his team can break the pattern against Galatasaray and avoid repeating prior mistakes.
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Meanwhile, Liverpool player Dominik Szoboszlai has expressed the club’s concerns about perhaps failing to qualify for the Champions League next season, Express Sport looks at some of the major stories surrounding the Reds.
Slot found himself bemoaning similar failings as his team lost a chance against Spurs. Liverpool is now only two points behind Aston Villa in fourth place.
However, the manager acknowledges that the squad may fall short of their goals if recurring issues are not addressed. Of course it is harmful, but how many times has this been harmful to us (this season)?” he inquired. “We do not assist ourselves at all. This season, we have created far more xG or chances than we have scored.
“We haven’t had as many clean sheets as you would like if you want to go up in the rankings. That’s a horrible combination for getting the points we seek.”
Crisis talks emerge
Liverpool player Szoboszlai has said that the team has already discussed the necessity of securing a Champions League spot. The midfielder also expressed concerns about the atmosphere at Anfield before of the key encounter against Galatasaray.
“We had already a couple of weeks ago a talk between each other saying: ‘Guys we don’t have such a lot of time to do this right so we have to wake up and start to go in a way that we want to play Champions League next season’,” Szoboszlai relayed.
“We play Galatasaray on Wednesday, and it will be a difficult game since we felt it there. “I don’t think it helps us. Also, after 80 minutes, people start to go home. Stick with us.”Everyone notices this, and even when we concede a goal, people leave the stadium; you don’t leave when we score. I understand your frustration, but we need them, we need everyone, and that is the most important thing.”
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