Arne Slot “far from being happy” with Girona’s performance

Liverpool manager Arne Slot said he was not at all happy with his team’s performance in the 1-0 win in Girona, which extended the Champions League leaders’ perfect start to six games.

Mohamed Salah’s penalty in the 63rd minute (his 50th goal in the competition) made the difference, but it was no bed of roses, as the first half was especially unsettling for Slot.

“If you ask me about the six games, I am very satisfied with the results,” he said.

“I am very satisfied with the five games and with the way we played. “I’m not at all satisfied with tonight’s performance.”

When asked what made him so unhappy, he added: “Very much. Especially two things.

“If you play against a team that has such a good idea about football and knows how to get the ball out from the back like other teams we faced recently, like (Manchester) City or Real Madrid, then you have to be as intense if you want make it difficult for him.

“But if every time you wait a few seconds and then press, you are easily overtaken because this team can cause you problems and this is what they showed throughout the Champions League campaign, except for PSV Eindhoven away from home.” .

“I almost feel sorry for them because they deserve a lot more in this campaign than the three points they have now.

“And every time we lost the ball we weren’t aggressive enough, almost every time they just came to our goal.

“We barely had control in the game, maybe the second half was better. I try to be positive.”