Arne Slot Sends Clear Curtis Jones Message After Neutralising Cole Palmer in Liverpool Win vs Chelsea

Liverpool’s head coach, Arne Slot, has praised match-winner for his performance during the Premier League victory over Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday.

Slot applauded Jones for the crucial role he played in neutralising Chelsea’s Cole Palmer as Liverpool secured a 2-1 win at Anfield.

Jones was selected to start over Alexis Mac Allister, who was dealing with an injury concern after not training earlier in the week following his return from international duty with Argentina. This marked Jones’ first Premier League start of the season, and he made the most of the opportunity.

In the match, Jones won the penalty that Mohamed Salah successfully converted in the first half. Later, he scored the winning goal, connecting with Salah’s cross, after Nicolas Jackson had equalized for Chelsea in the second half.

Despite his offensive contributions, Slot highlighted that Jones’ most significant impact was how he effectively contained Chelsea’s star player, Cole Palmer, helping Liverpool regain their position at the top of the Premier League table.

“Curtis had a very good game and a difficult job trying to control Cole Palmer, who is an incredible player in my opinion,” Slot said. “It’s so difficult to defend him because he has so many qualities and Curtis did that really well today.

“He, in my opinion, controlled him for most of the game and it is almost impossible to control a player like this for 90 minutes but he was quite close to that but to also have an impact on the other side of that with a goal and two penalties that we were involved in, one was disallowed by VAR, that shows you he had a big impact on both sides of the pitch

Slot added: “Of course [I’m pleased] about the outcome because if you win you are always pleased but in an ideal world we would have outplayed them completely but that is definitely not what we did.

“It was an equal game and there were phases in the game where we had to work hard not to concede but it is also very pleasing to see that is what we did.

“We all saw the great block tackles Curtis Jones and Dominik Szoboszlai did and those moments are as crucial as the goals we scored.

“Added to that there were a lot of decisions by the referee which made it the game it was and whether you are a Liverpool supporter or Chelsea supporter you liked what you saw today but especially if you are a Liverpool supporter you liked what you saw today.”

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