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Liverpool's three-game tour of the United States was wrapped with a 3-0 win against Manchester United
Goal from Fabio Carvalho, Curtis Jones and Kostas Tsimikas did the damage as Arne Slot's side signed off to make it three straight wins, Stateside.
Slot concluded his first summer tour with another impressive display in front of a sold-out crowd of nearly 78,000 at Williams-Brice Stadium in South Carolina.
Slot changes become obvious - and two players will benefit most
While Arne Slot has repeated his belief that he was hired because his style of play was the one most closely aligned to Jurgen Klopp's
the subtle changes in philosophy have been unmistakable in the United States.
For those at open training on Monday morning at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field, Slot could be heard repeatedly bellowing out phrases like "patience", "kill them with passes" and "everytime you lose the ball, you lose an opportunity to score a goal”.
The willingness to build up more methodically from the back has been the most obvious alteration in playing style and Liverpool are trying to become a more possession-based side
Under Klopp Liverpool were renowned as one of the most electric sides in world football during attacking transitions
The new approach was something noted by both Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott out on the tour.
Elliott
It’s kind of more in possession now,"
"Managers have different styles of play and the gaffer now has a style which is about in possession and keeping the ball, one touch and two touch passes but I’m not going to give away any details.
"We’re learning different roles and I think it's key for us to get the understanding now with one another and where we need to be in certain positions throughout games and certain situations and it is going to come but it is not something that will happen overnight."
Jones was effusive in how much he is enjoying it under Slot, saying:
“It’s probably the happiest I’ve been. In terms of a style of play, it suits us and the lads we have. It is a clear plan. He is fully involved in the training, coaches us a lot, he’s big on the finer details.
We’re not in a rush to attack. We want to have the ball and break teams down. I feel more in the past, it was like a rush. We got the ball back. It was a bit too direct I’d say. Arne wants us to get the ball down and completely kill teams."
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