Liverpool's squad revel in the competition that quality players bring, so says Arne Slot. ( More Football News ) The Reds ran riot to beat West Ham 5-1 in the EFL Cup on Wednesday, teeing up a fourth-round meeting with Brighton . Slot, who has won all but one of his seven matches in charge of Liverpool , made plenty of changes for the tie, and though his team fell behind, they responded in emphatic fashion.
Diogo Jota scored twice to turn the match on its head, with Mohamed Salah slamming home a third before West Ham capitulated following Edson Alvarez's red card – Cody Gakpo netting a late double. And Slot believes his players are only charged up by the competition within the squad. He told Sky Sports: "Players like to play, especially if you're winning.
They like to be part of a winning group. BY Stats Perform "You know if you play at Liverpool, you play with quality players. It fires them to get the best out of each other.
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55 expected goals (xG) to West Ham's 0.57, getting 21 of their 11 shots on target and creating six big chances. Reflecting on his side's display, Slot said: "If you're facing a team like West Ham, with a lot of quality, you know they can threaten you as well, they scored from a set-piece, they threatened us from set-pieces.
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