In the fourth round of the Premier League, Liverpool narrowly defeated Burnley 1-0 away. Liverpool coach Slott attended the press conference after the game.

Q: Do you feel at ease about the team winning again at the last moment of the game, or do you express concern about the delay in the winning goal?

Slot: There are some of both. It is really difficult to create opportunities when facing a team with all players back to defense. Almost the entire team is focused on defending in the penalty area, and this strategy is actually very effective because they almost scored a point. I'm not criticizing them, I just want to explain the difficulty of playing against Premier League teams. If all the opponents retreat and the goalkeeper chooses to pass long every time, and we cannot score through set pieces, then the only way to score is through sports battles, which is very difficult when the opponents 11 players are in the penalty area.

This is how we were today - we were close to scoring many times, but were blocked by the opponent's feet each time, and there was almost no real chance of scoring throughout the game, so the draw might be the result we expected. However, we also tried substitution adjustments to allow all players who can attack to play. Finally we may have six or seven attackers on the field. I don't know if it's related to the final goal, but we did create penalty shots and Flynnon had a good chance before that too. So, the final victory gave us a sigh of relief and a little lucky.

Q: Was Korkz replaced in the first half because he received a yellow card in the first half?

Slott: Not only because of that yellow card, but also because he continued to play football after that, without any fouls at all, but the referee blew the whistle. This happens frequently in football games. However, the reactions of the fans and some of the players I have seen have also tried to go to the referee and say, "If you think it's a foul, maybe you should give a yellow card." This is certainly ridiculous, but there are risks. The only way we could lose the game was to be sent off because if it was 11-on-11, we could at least tie it, but we would never lose because the opponent never entered our penalty area. So, the only possibility of losing is that we were sent off, and I don't want to take this risk. This is hard for Kolkz to accept because normally you don't need to replace a player with a yellow card, but I think it's the best option.

Q: Have you considered replacing Salah, or putting pressure on your opponent by adding attackers?

Slott: If you need a goal and things are not going well - although in the second half I feel like we are getting better and better, getting closer and closer to scoring - I almost thought about every substitution, but in the end you always come back to the idea: I don't want to leave the court with a draw, and still think I haven't sent all the players who can score on the court. In other games, you may hesitate to take the risk of sending seven offensive players, but I don't think it's a big risk, which is why we decided to do so. As for the replacement of Salah – if you need a goal, this may happen this season or next season, but it won’t happen often.

Q: Isaac was not included in today's roster. Did he participate in training this morning?

Slott: He had high-intensity training yesterday and when players return to the team after the offseason, they need a basic training phase. Before the season begins, we will arrange a lot of training sessions for them so that they can play 45 minutes of games in a week. The player we brought in from Newcastle can be said that his pre-season training has just begun now. So he needs enough training time to build the foundation before he can compete continuously in high-intensity competitions.

At present, Isaac is not ready to deal with the intensity of 90 minutes per game in three games a week. We could get him to play for 5 minutes today, another 10 minutes on Wednesday, and then gradually increase to 15 minutes, but we don't think it's the best way to recover. The Swedish national team was right, and they arranged high-quality training courses for him instead of letting him play frequently. We do the same now. So, he will play at least 45 minutes on Wednesday or Saturday, and maybe even more. But if he played for 45 minutes on Wednesday, don't expect him to play for so long on Saturday, because his body isn't ready to take such a load.