Arne Slot was pleased with how his Liverpool side “controlled the game” in their pre-season win over Real Betis.
The Reds won 1-0 in Pittsburgh thanks to a Dominik Szoboszlai goal, with the Hungarian finishing a flowing team move.
In reflecting on the win, Slot said: “During the season you will see us play with a real striker but in this moment we don’t have one available.
“With Dom and Harvey we have two number 10s so we put them in that position and played with double 10s.
“It was maybe out of necessity. But in terms of building play from the back, that’s our style to control the game, to not concede constant counter-attacks. There are many things to improve but It’s not bad after two weeks.”
One downside was the withdrawal of midfielder Curtis Jones in the opening half through injury.
“I think it’s too early to tell [how bad it is]. He maybe could have played on, but I think maybe you could see he was not at 100 per cent,” Slot added.
“In a friendly game, with so many days coming up in our tour, it was best to take him off. Hopefully he can recover from [it] really fast, but we have to wait and see.
“It’s always a pity if he has to go out after 25 minutes, half an hour. And before that you could see that he was not completely free.
“It was unfortunate because he had two really good weeks during the training sessions so I looked forward to seeing him in the game, but unfortunately he had to go out.”
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