Liverpool started their Champions League campaign with a narrow 3-2 victory over Atletico Madrid and two former players are impressed by one aspect of the victory.
Liverpool does not always make it easy for itself. A stop time winner was required against Burnley last weekend and this was again the case against Atletico Madrid.
However, Steve McManaman is not bothered by how late Liverpool score. On the contrary, the former wing player of the club is just happy to see the Arne Slot team winning matches.
He told TNT Sports“She [Liverpool] So far this season has not been at all at all, but that is understandable. Many new players, and it will take a little time, but to get 12 points out of 12 in the Premier League, not playing great playing is a great sign. “
“Many people have made something about late matches, but it doesn’t matter if you scored in the first five minutes or the last five minutes. As long as you win the victory, teams will make them psychologically tired, they start to fall deeply. If one seems dominant, the other team will fall deeply to defend their goal. So it becomes a chance after a coincidence.”
“And you really have to be mentally and physically, very strong. And that is what Burnley missed the other day. They are just a bit eliminated. But that normally happens with the smaller sides.”
McManaman would like to give Liverpool the honor they deserve, and emphasizes how Slot and his players deserved the victory.
He said: “So it is not, it is not necessarily a term of Liverpool, you know, getting a little fortune, the fact that they continue. The manager makes good decisions, good replacements. That is what ultimately drives them home.”
Michael Owen agreed that there is nothing wrong with the late to score a competition winner. In fact, he even claimed that a late goal was more favorable than scoring early and had to defend a lead.
“And I think you actually prefer to score later,” McManaman continued. “I mean, it gives you such a good feeling in the dressing room. The worst in the world, you score early and then you might be hanging in the last 15 minutes.”
“I think you can have self -confidence a kind of way, a bit of that happens, but if you are the aggressor, when you stack the pressure, and then you score late, it gives you a great feeling in the dressing room.”
Despite the free comments, McManaman pointed out how his former party did not succeed in playing their best football so far this season.
He said: “They didn’t play well against Newcastle, they were lucky against Newcastle. They were not necessarily lucky against Burnley, they had 81% possessed. But they were not the best against Bournemouth and they were not the best against Newcastle and they scored late.
Slot will indeed look at what he can do to let his side win more comfortably, but he will not be too concerned, given that his team has won all five games this season.
The next is the Merseyside Derby and the reigning Premier League champions will want to continue their winning series, as well as their excellent record against Everton in Anfield.
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