Arne Slot press conference: half-time message, “incredible” appreciation from Anfield and Gomez

On the changes he made in the second half…

Yes, for me we were dominant at the start of the second half, we created our chances, so I didn't feel the need to change anything. But yes, if you create your chances and they don't go in, then you have so many good players on the bench who can also make a difference and have an influence on the game, you change. I don't think anyone deserved to be eliminated in the second half; They almost all deserved elimination in the first half, but not in the second half. But then when you have guys like Lucho (Diaz) and Curtis Jones, you bring them in. For me, when you're 1-0 down, it's not such a big risk to sign players who can score a goal, as long as you know those players can play with the same intensity as the ones who started . And that's exactly what Lucho and Curtis brought: intensity without the ball and quality with the ball.

Whether he “sees a big opportunity” after Liverpool topped the Premier League today…

No, not because of the fact that they (Arsenal and Manchester City) lost. But what I really like is that we went behind by a goal against Arsenal twice last week, 1-0 and 2-1, and we were able to fight our way back into the game twice. And in that game we were 1-0 down at half-time, which I think we deserved, and then to come back so strongly against such a good team who have also spent so much money in recent years, led by some very us have been good coaches over the last few years and then to come back the way we did gives me a lot of confidence for the rest of the season.

But I also told the players after the game that 45 minutes of the football we played in the first half will punish you somewhere at the end. So we have to be there from the start. The crowd was incredible in the second half, our fans were incredible in the second half. Our players (too), but also our fans. It was the loudest crowd since I've been here. Now let's move on to Tuesday, when I think we'll need them again. So that we can play like that from the start and the fans can help us from the start because that definitely has an impact on our players and ultimately on our results.