Liverpool vs Betis: Reds ‘trying to get heads around’ Slot style – Elliott

Liverpool midfielder Harvey Elliott has called caller head Arne Slot’s style of play “really enjoyable” but said his Reds squad person had to “kind of forget” nan ideas introduced by predecessor Jurgen Klopp during his last 2 seasons successful charge.

Slot officially took complete connected June 1, succeeding Klopp aft nan German chose to extremity a tenure which began successful October 2015.

“It’s a batch different for evident reasons – caller guidance in, caller staff, caller style of play,” Elliott told LiverpoolFC.com.

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“We’re each trying to get our heads astir it. But we’ve had a fewer weeks now, played a [training] crippled backmost successful Liverpool and I consciousness for illustration nan lads are coping really, really well.

“Especially pinch nan style of play, it’s really enjoyable to play successful and it’s a caller accomplishment to learn. It’s a awesome opportunity to study things and study different things. To do it retired here, it’s great.”

Liverpool ‘will beryllium fine’ nether Slot

Klopp is known arsenic a pioneer of gegenpressing – winning possession arsenic precocious up nan transportation arsenic imaginable successful an intense, counter-attacking style that has besides been dubbed dense metallic football.

Slot’s style from his successful spell astatine Eredivisie broadside Feyenoord is not wholly dissimilar, but Liverpool’s players person acknowledged nan changes required.

“It’s 1 of them wherever you request to benignant of hide what you’ve learned successful nan past mates of years and study caller things,” said Elliott.

“That’s football. You’re ever learning, you’re ever having to accommodate and beryllium a amended player, a amended person.

“We conscionable request to support connected going and support listening to nan unit and nan boss, and make judge we use it successful games and training sessions. I’m judge we’ll beryllium fine.”

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Slot vs Klopp: ‘Everybody’s happy’

Two of Elliott’s team-mates person besides discussed Slot’s methods during their pre-season circuit of nan US. “It’s a small spot different – nan style of playing, really we play, really we are pinch nan shot and besides against nan ball,” Dominik Szoboszlai told nan club.

“Everybody’s caller from nan training staff. We are getting to cognize them but until now I deliberation everybody’s happy pinch it and looking forward. It’s quite aggravated but we person a batch of things to do and we request to beryllium aggravated successful nan play arsenic well.”

Curtis Jones described Dutchman Slot arsenic “amazing”. “It’s astir apt nan happiest I’ve been successful position of a style of play that suits me,” Jones added earlier this week.

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“It’s a clear scheme successful training and he’s afloat involved, coaching america a lot. He’s large connected nan finer details. He’s sewage a definite measurement of playing – he knows it will return clip arsenic it’s a large change, but him and his unit are chilled astir it arsenic they cognize nan value is each there.

“In nan past it was a unreserved to get nan shot backmost – a spot excessively direct, up and down, up and down. Now we want to person each nan shot and wholly termination a team.”

Liverpool fixtures: Betis connected US tour

Slot’s first lucifer successful complaint will beryllium against Spanish broadside Real Betis connected Saturday successful Pittsburgh (12.30am BST).

They past look Arsenal successful Pennsylvania connected August 1 (12.30am) and Manchester United successful North Carolina connected August 4 (12.45am).

The Reds big Spanish visitors Sevilla astatine Anfield connected August 11 (12.30pm) earlier travelling to Ipswich Town connected August 17 (12.30pm) for their Premier League opener.

The lucifer against nan newly-promoted broadside astatine Portman Road will beryllium Slot’s first competitory crippled arsenic a head successful England.