Gerrard stressed that Arne Slot and his Liverpool squad shouldn\u2019t feel safe just yet, cautioning that the pressure will be back on if they fail to get a good result against Real Madrid in Tuesday\u2019s Champions League clash.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he\u2019s handled the past few weeks really well,\u201d the former Liverpool captain told TNT Sports. \u201cHe\u2019s stayed calm under heavy pressure, and so have his players \u2014 but that\u2019s what\u2019s expected at Liverpool, especially after winning the league.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t get comfortable or rely on past success. It\u2019s about pushing for the next goal. He\u2019s done an excellent job, and this win is a big one, but new challenges come fast. In two days, he\u2019ll be under pressure again to beat Real Madrid.\u201d<\/p>\n
Gerrard also praised two key players, saying they were vital to Liverpool\u2019s performance. \u201cWe told them before the game they needed to step up, and they did exactly that.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the match, Slot praised his players\u2019 determination in earning a strong result against Unai Emery\u2019s side.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think everyone understood how important this game was \u2014 both the players and the supporters,\u201d he told TNT Sports. \u201cWe\u2019ve conceded early in recent matches, and today we nearly did again when they hit the post. But I think both the fans and players felt this was their moment to show what they\u2019re made of.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe margins in the Premier League are always small \u2014 every match is tight. Right now, things are falling our way, but it\u2019s all about maintaining that same approach.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gerrard stressed that Arne Slot and his Liverpool squad shouldn\u2019t feel safe just yet, cautioning that the pressure will be back on if they fail to get a good result against Real Madrid in Tuesday\u2019s Champions League clash. \u201cI think he\u2019s handled the past few weeks really well,\u201d the former Liverpool captain told TNT Sports. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":53535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Picsart_25-11-02_10-01-59-638-768x431-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53534"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53534\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53536,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53534\/revisions\/53536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/53535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}