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Arne Slot insists he isn't nervous ahead of his competitive Anfield debut as Liverpool head coach this weekend
The press conference room at the Kirkby facility will soon become something of a second home for Slot
the discussion ahead of Sunday's Premier League visit of Brentford was only the third time such an occasion had taken place.
The new Liverpool boss, though, has already shown himself more than willing to embrace the everyday English vernacular.
Slot when asked about the performance of Ryan Gravenberch
“Like with all of them, it's not about the individual,"
"It's always what the team around him do for him to play a good game. If all the other 10 would have played s**t at Ipswich, I don't think Ryan would have been able to play a great game."
Cue a succession of knowing smirks from those present, including those representing the club's press office
While Slot's predecessor, Jurgen Klopp, wasn't averse to dropping the occasional potty-mouthed utterance, it is telling the incumbent has wasted no time in following suit.
The Liverpool boss had earlier played down any suggestions of butterflies ahead of Sunday -
Slot
"if you've got nerves then you probably don't trust what you did before, you just don't trust your team,"
Slot is very much his own man with his own ideas, as seen by opting to utilise Gravenberch in a deeper midfield role in recent weeks.
Slot added
“What he has is running capacity, so he can keep on running, he has a nice height and he is really comfortable with the ball,"
"So, he has some attributes that he could play in that position but still a lot to prove for him, as for all the others.
“We have other options in that position as well. Interesting competition in many positions."
Slot was happy to permit the sale of young trio Fabio Carvalho, Sepp van den Berg and Bobby Clark -
And the Reds boss admits the 24 hours after last Saturday's opening 2-0 win at promoted Ipswich proved hugely instructive.
Slot continued
“I'm learning every day still about these players, about the individuals and also how they co-operate with each other,"
"For me, the last week was not only important on Saturday, the Sunday was also really important because I learned and saw there that the ones that didn't play on Saturday were able to bring a really good training session in on Sunday.
"I think that's a real important thing for a team as well because we all know we're going to need many, many, many of them during the season for a lot of game minutes.
"That will help them and us for the rest of the season. Yes, I am still learning new things about the players
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