VIDEO SHOWS: PRESS CONFERENCE COMMENTS FROM LIVERPOOL MANAGER ARNE SLOT / FILE OF LIVERPOOL TRAINING RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SCRIPT SHOWS: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (DECEMBER 2, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA – Access all) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MANAGER ARNE SLOT, WHEN ASKED IF MOHAMED SALAH WASN'T HAPPY ABOUT BEING LEFT OUT ON SUNDAY, SAYING: "No, that's a fair assumption and that's a normal reaction from a player that's good enough to play for us. And then I say it mildly because he's been so outstanding for this club for so many years and will be for us in the future. So yeah, of course a player isn't happy playing. He wasn't the only one who wasn't happy that he wasn't starting, I can tell you. And that's normal. But the way he behaved was as you would expect from the professional he is, but he was very supportive of his teammates, handled himself really well during the day and yesterday in the session as well. So you cannot be a player that's available every three days and play at that high standard if you go with your emotions. But for Mo, he's so disciplined, knows what to do to stay fit, and no matter if he plays well, doesn't play well, if he plays, or if he doesn't play. He will always be that top professional. And that's what he was in the last two days." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MANAGER ARNE SLOT, WHEN ASKED IF WE HAVE TO REMEMBER MO SALAH PLAYS LIKE A SUPERHUMAN SOMETIMES, SAYING: “Fortunately, for the time I've been here, I didn't have to remind you of that, because he's been a superhuman being. Oh, what was your words? Yes. Yeah, a superhuman being. But as all players around the world, there are also phases in your time at the club that you are human is the way you put it. But he scored so many goals for us and I'm sure he will in the future." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MANAGER ARNE SLOT, WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE DATE MO SALAH IS TO LEAVE LIVERPOOL FOR AFCON, SAYING: “I think the way we've worked at this club and I've worked in the past is always that there is a communication between all three: the player, the club, and the country. So that's nothing new. That's always the same. Also when they come back, when they go, So, but I think, is it FIFA who did this? FIFA, yeah. They've said the 15th is the last date I assume a player has to be released. REPORTER ASKING:will he be available for Brighton and then go or will he go before Brighton? SLOT ASKING: What is the date we play Brighton? Is the 15th the day we play?” REPORTERS SAYING: 13 SLOT SAYING: There's your answer then. 6. WHITE FLASH 7. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MANAGER ARNE SLOT ON SUNDERLAND, SAYING "So yeah, they've shown great mentality, but not only great mentality, the style they play, the risk they take when they don't have the ball, very high-paced game. Players are working so hard, all 11 of them. To get a result. And that's also what I saw with Chelsea Arsenal, but that's… and if you play Chelsea Arsenal, you don't do this with eleven, you have no chance of winning. So that's why they must be a team that does this. And that's what I saw when I looked at them yesterday. And I'm going to watch more of them today. So a very hard-working team with also a very clear identity how they want to play off the ball and on the ball." 8. WHITE FLASH 9. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MANAGER ARNE SLOT WHEN ASKED ABOUT ALEXANDER ISAK, FLORIAN WIRTZ AND JOE GOMEZ, SAYING: "I think they're not able to play three times 90. That's for sure. And now I have to wait and see how they feel today, if they are able to play tomorrow from the start again. But that all three of them can be involved in all three games. If they don't get an injury, that's a fair assumption to make. 10. WHITE FLASH 11. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MANAGER ARNE SLOT, WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS THOUGHTS ON ONLINE ABUSE, SAYING: "That was probably not after a win, was it? After the City game. Maybe I expected it more after the Forest game." MEDIAPERSONS LAUGHING (NOT IN VISION) “But I think it's—abuse is never a good thing. Not if it's about me, if it's about the players, if it's about other managers. That we are criticized, that's completely normal. Even if we are winning, I think this happens. But if it starts with abuse, it's not a good thing. But I am not a social media person. I don't have social media, so I'm not aware of it, but I'm not stupid. I know it's there. I would be the first manager in the history—no, not in history, because it's only recently that managers get abused online—that if you start to lose, yeah, you're aware of the fact that people are not happy with you. But abuse is definitely not a good thing. But what I notice, what I feel, is the support the fans give me in the stadium, because even at 0-0, the fans were singing for the team, but also for me. So that's the support I feel. But I'm not surprised that after our results that there's abuse. But that's, in general, something that should not happen, but unfortunately it does happen." LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – NOVEMBER 3, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA – Access all) 12. FORWARD, MOHAMED SALAH, KICKING BALL WITH TEAMMATES LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (FILE – NOVEMBER 25, 2025) (NICHE MEDIA – Access all) 13. SALAH WALKING WITH TEAMMATE 14. SALAH AND OTHER PLAYERS LISTENING TO SLOT 15. VARIOUS OF PLAYERS WARMING UP INCLUDING SALAH STORY: Arne Slot would not confirm whether Mohamed Salah will return to Liverpool's team for Wednesday's (December 3) Premier League match against Sunderland at Anfield, after the Egyptian was left on the bench during the 2-0 win at West Ham United on Sunday (November 30). Forward Salah, fourth on the all-time list of leading Premier League goalscorers, is due to depart for the Africa Cup of Nations on December 15. Salah's last game before the Nations Cup is expected to be against Brighton on December 13, and, if Egypt reach the final, he would miss seven Liverpool matches. The champions are eighth in the table on 21 points, nine behind leaders Arsenal, after their worst 12-game stretch across all competitions in more than 70 years. Slot's men have lost their last two home games, but Sunderland, who are sixth on 22 points, have not won at Anfield since 1983. A positive for Slot is the form of record signing Alexander Isak, who scored his first Premier League in eight appearances for his new team against West Ham. Florian Wirtz also returned after missing two games with an injury, while Joe Gomez made his first top-flight start for 11 months. Sunderland is the first of three games in six days for Liverpool, including a Champions League match at Inter Milan next Tuesday. (Production: Bhagya Ayyavoo)
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