Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones says he’s having fun with studying a brand new possession-based type of play beneath Arne Slot.
The Dutchman has changed long-time supervisor Jurgen Klopp, who favoured a direct strategy and aggressive urgent because the Reds received the Premier League and Champions League throughout his tenure.
Slot locations extra emphasis on consolation on the ball alongside snappy tackling in defence as proven by his stint at Feyenoord and Jones has revealed he’s trying ahead to the elevated duty that provides central midfielders like him at Anfield.
Requested about Liverpool‘s progress beneath Slot, the 23-year-old revealed: “He is superb. It is most likely the happiest I have been by way of a mode of play that fits me. It is a clear plan in coaching and he is totally concerned, teaching us lots. He is large on the finer particulars. He is obtained a sure manner of taking part in – he is aware of it should take time as it is a large change, however him and his employees are chilled about it as they know the standard is all there.
“It is at all times been a tough time, coming across the staff as a younger lad and I at all times had a sure manner of taking part in however I needed to adapt and alter. However that was a part of the plan and it was one thing I can do. However I really feel that is extra me, I can get on the ball extra. I am excited.
“I really feel like my manner of taking part in has been to get on the ball and play, being comfy on the ball. However then I got here round a staff that had world-class gamers and I used to be performed on the wing or up entrance. The central midfielders have been at all times extra runners and disciplined. These ideas are the identical however the central midfielder might be extra the center of the staff.
“Mo Salah will at all times get us objectives however we must be comfy on the ball and be calm in our build-up as a staff. We’re not in a rush to assault. We have to break groups down and once we give the ball away we will press. Previously it was a rush to get the ball again, a bit too direct, up and down, up and down. Now we need to have all of the ball and utterly kill a staff.”
Jones made 23 Premier League appearances final season, scoring and helping a purpose apiece as Liverpool completed third and received the Carabao Cup.
