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Liverpool boss Arne Slot has been speaking to the media before Wednesday's Champions League last-16 second leg against Galatasaray at Anfield (kick-off 20:00 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
- Slot confirmed they will decide on Wednesday whether Joe Gomez will be available for the match as he had "too much issues" after Sunday's game and is now "a doubt" for Galatasaray. Ibrahima Konate is fit to play but the Reds boss also confirmed that striker Alexander Isak is still not fit to return for this match or the weekend.
- More on Isak's fitness, after he trained alone on Tuesday: "The fact you see him on the pitch tells you that he gets closer and closer to joining us again. Not really [any timeframe on his return] but he will not be available for Saturday as well. When you don't train with the team yet you are not ready to play."
- Slot said the sprinting he saw after they conceded late against Tottenham showed “they are willing to fight, which they have done this whole season and as long as I’ve been here”, adding: “There haven’t been many games where we haven’t been outworked or where we haven’t created more chances than the other team have created. So our players will show that mentality again.”
- On fans booing and becoming restless with results: "People told me when I came here this club is different to other clubs – they will support a manager for such a long time. If it is true what you are saying [that fans are becoming restless] – I don't feel this at all – then I must have done a lot of things wrong and that's never a nice feeling to have."
- Asked about what the lyrics of You'll Never Walk Alone mean for him in this moment, he responded: "We always feel we have support of fans so we never feel we walk alone. Sometimes you feel this after you lost and walk in, sometimes feel alone. But players, staff, family, always there to support after a game. I've never felt alone since I have been here."
- On comments made by former defender Jamie Carragher about them being a team of individuals: "I should have seen it and haven't and don't know the context as to why he said it. I have agreed with lots of things he has said before this season, but this I don't. After so many disappointments this season, to concede late, we could have given up but didn't. A team that has given up, a team of individuals, doesn't show this resilience."
- On facing Galatasaray with a one-goal deficit to make up: "It's difficult because we have played twice against them and lost twice against them. The good thing for us is that it is the first game we play at home [against them] and we have the support of our fans, which will be supportive again tomorrow night because that is what they have always been and will always be for this club."
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