Slot finding Reds' 'balance' - despite what his dad thinks

In a more light-hearted section of Friday's news conference, Liverpool boss Arne Slot revealed how his dad was not too impressed after his side's Champions League win over Lille.

"My father is a fan as well. When I called him after the game he said it wasn't as exciting as other games of Liverpool when he watched the game against Lille," he said.

"Then I have to try to explain to him that these games you can easily lose if you are starting to force all kinds of difficult balls - but he's not always agreeing with me!

"Nottingham Forest is probably the best in the league if you play these stupid balls - I call them stupid balls but my father would love to see us playing them a bit more.

"The risk of them is then creating many more chances [for the opposition]. There is a difficult balance between taking a risk and conceding a lot, or having control and not creating as much. It's a balance we have to find.

"The better we do, the less likely it is that teams come to Anfield and say: 'Let's go to a high press and press them all over the pitch.'"