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Live broadcast on August 17th, Liverpool defeated the newly promoted Ipswich 2-0 away in the first round of the Premier League. After the game, Liverpool coach Slaughter accepted an interview with the media.

"We had our first taste of Premier League football in the first half, which was perhaps to be expected as the opposition were very physical with us. The conversation at half-time? Firstly, if we hadn't lost so many duels we wouldn't have had to talk about tactics. I think we needed to win the long balls, that would have helped us and given us control. I didn't think Ipswich could match our tempo in the second half. It was a tactical decision to take Kwansa off."

"If a team is playing one-on-one all the time, then don't keep passing the ball short. I didn't see any players competing in the first half, and we almost lost every long ball. But we were ready in the second half, and then we opened up our momentum, and you can see that we can play pretty good football. I don't think our problem in the first half was in the midfield. Our problem was that we lost too many duels."

When asked if the team relies on the importance of Salah and Jota, Sloter continued: "I don't trust someone too much, I believe in the team more than the individual. Salah can score because he has excellent runs and beautiful assists. I think Salah also needs the team, but we also have more creative individuals who can decide the game. We know how important Jota is, but if you are Liverpool, you will have a lot of good players, which is normal. You saw today how difficult the Premier League games are, so if the team plays well, you also need to perform well individually to win."

"I'm not really looking forward to how the season will end, I think we have to give our all in every game in terms of defence and possession. You saw how intense the games were last season and we had to make sure we were ahead by three goals and that's what we're trying to do."

"I'm definitely looking forward to next week at Anfield. We won and it's nice to be able to train a lot again during the week, which will help us because a lot of the players came back late. But again, we have to prepare for the team, not for the game."