On Conor Bradley’s performance and his relationship with Salah…
The more players play together, the better it will be. You cannot compare Trent [Alexander-Arnold] with Conor. But Conor played an outstanding game, like many others. I think the team performance is what made the difference today. Everyone was really fighting to get that win over the line, throwing themselves in front of shots, sprinting back when needed, being ready for a high press. So, there were a lot of positives to take – also from individual performances, like Conor’s. The challenge for him now is to make himself ready, because he’s not been used to 90 minutes a lot this season and after two days of rest the next one is coming up. So, we have to think about that as well. But for now, your question was, ‘Did he play well?’ Yes, he played well today.
On Salah reaching 250 goals for the club…
That’s huge. That’s almost unbelievable if you score 250 goals for one club. If you score 250 goals, it’s already unbelievable – let alone for one club. You don’t see this that much in football anymore. And I think apart from the goal he scored tonight, he had a very good performance. Because when we had to play long, we played mainly long towards him and he could hold the ball, so because of that the rest of the team could come to him and we could keep playing. And what I also liked was that he didn’t only do his offensive work really well, but he helped the team out defensively as well. I think after we scored the 1-0, he was helping Virgil [van Dijk], I think, somewhere around the halfway line. This combination of things led to the fact that I liked his performance tonight. And, of course, it’s special for him to score his 250th. For him to score is not even that special, because that’s what we also know he will always do.
On whether he has ‘felt any pressure recently’…
I think you always feel pressure if you are at Liverpool. If you are leading the table with 15 games to go, you feel pressure. And if you are in a run of form that we were in, you feel the pressure. I’ve always felt the support of the fans as long as I’m here. Also in the recent results I have never felt that there was never anything less than it was before. I think they were there for me but they were not only there for me, they were there for the team tonight as well. I think they were so supportive and that can have a big impact. Because we’ve played many away games, so we had poor results – I’m completely aware of that – but we had to play a lot of aways where the fans still help us but you cannot compare that to a home game under the lights at Anfield. It’s something what I would take 10 out of 10 times if I have to play a game of football.
