The club’s new manager showed his eye for mid-game tweaks with a half-time swap that helped bypass Ipswich’s pressSign up to Soccer with Jonathan Wilson here Continue reading...

New Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admits that his side endured a difficult first half against newly promoted Ipswich in his first Premier League match in charge. Goalless at half-time, Liverpool then put on a "really good performance" in the second half, sealing a 2-0 victory thanks to goals from Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah. Diogo Jota kickstarts Arne Slot era as Liverpool outclass bullish Ipswich Continue reading...

Slot: ‘First half not good enough, second half real good’Defeated Ipswich ‘climbing the mountain’, says McKenna After Liverpool won his first Premier League game in charge, Saturday lunchtime’s 2-0 victory at Ipswich, Arne Slot saw no problem in namechecking Jürgen Klopp. “When I started here there were many things and one of them was that Jürgen hated 12.30pm kick-offs,” said the former Feyenoord manager. “And we showed we hate the 12.30pm kick-offs. The first half was not good enough, second half was a real good performance.” Ipswich, back in the Premier League for the first time in 22 years, had been much the better team in the first 45 minutes. The second half was a rather different story, a far more aggressive Liverpool picking off the newly promoted team and scoring goals through Diogo Jota and Mohamed Salah. Continue reading...