Arne Slot, supervisor of Liverpool appears to be like on in the course of the Premier League match between Liverpool FC and Brentford FC at Anfield on August 25, 2024 in Liverpool, England. (Picture by Michael Regan/Getty Pictures)
Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot says he was lucky to have Caoimhin Kelleher between the sticks to assist his beat Bournemouth on Saturday.
The Reds ran out 3-0 winners at Anfield due to a Luis Diaz brace and a Darwin Nunez strike, all coming within the house of 11 first-half minutes.
Nonetheless, the scoreline solely tells half of the story, with Bournemouth matching Liverpool 19-19 for photographs, whereas producing 1.08 xG.
However the Cherries simply couldn’t discover a breakthrough, thanks largely to the efforts of Kelleher, who made no fewer than seven saves whereas standing in for the injured Alisson Becker.
Kelleher’s cease on the road within the closing couple of minutes was notably spectacular and served as a reminder of the standard of the Republic of Eire worldwide, who might properly go away Liverpool within the close to future as he searches for a No.1 berth — particularly with Giorgi Mamardashvili arriving from Valencia subsequent summer season.
Liverpool 3-0 Bournemouth: Slot praises Kelleher efficiency
Chatting with stories after Saturday’s match, Slot expressed the significance of squad depth and was grateful to have somebody of Kelleher’s high quality to step in for Alisson.
“Yeah, however not solely two goalkeepers, additionally two good wingers, left wingers, two good proper wingers, two good strikers. That’s what you noticed right this moment. I simply mentioned about Cody, how good he was in San Siro, how good Lucho was now – and it’s the identical with the goalkeepers,” Slot mentioned (through Liverpool’s official web site).
Of his 25-year-old goalkeeper, he added: “We wanted our goalkeeper right this moment greater than in all the opposite matches we performed earlier than as a result of, like I simply mentioned, Bournemouth obtained extra possibilities than I’m used to seeing the opposite groups getting towards us within the first six video games of the season.
“But it surely was an excellent factor that we had Caoimhin right this moment as a result of he made some actually good saves – which Alisson [Becker] did within the different video games as properly, however he didn’t need to make that many as Caoimhin made right this moment.”
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