Liverpool manager Arne Slot gave his press conference ahead of the Thursday night game against Arsenal in the Premier League.

The Dutch tactician spoke to reporters about Hugo Ekitike’s fitness and other key issues ahead of this big game and we’ve got the full transcript for you below, as well as video from our YouTube channel.

Read on for Slot’s press conference in full…

Arne Slot press conference ahead of Arsenal vs Liverpool

On Hugo Ekitike…

He has not trained with us until now and let’s see if he can today. I have said two/three days ago he won’t be out for long but the games come fast so he is in between with the team and it might take him one or two days extra.

Nine games unbeaten, we’ve had two draws too many, Leeds and this game, Fulham, in terms of when we conceded the goal. We’re not where we want to be but we have a talented squad and if everyone is available then we can do special things. We’ve shown that this season with some impressive wins but we’ve also had impressive draws or losses in a negative way, so we’ve not had consistency. The consistency hasn’t been there this season.

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