Arne Slot has said he was delighted to make the Liverpool fans happy after the club’s Merseyside Derby win at Everton.
Virgil van Dijk scored a last-gasp winners as Liverpool beat Everton at Hill Dickinson Stadium. The Dutch defender headed home from a 100th minute corner to spark celebrations from the away fans, after Beto had cancelled out Mohamed Salah’s opener.
Slot admitted post-match that Liverpool’s season has not been good enough, but said he was happy to give the fans something to celebrate. The Liverpool boss said he and his staff will celebrate the win just as much as the supporters.
Speaking to BBC Match of the Day, he said: “What else would you expect when you play here? It was always going to be a real battle.
“My players did what I was hoping they’d do, what I expected they’d do and give Everton a big fight. In the end, scoring is a joy to see because our away fans were brilliant today. A good day for the red side of Liverpool.
“The fans have seen us play two incredible teams in PSG and Manchester City and we’ve lost them both.
“Throughout the season, all these games with the all these games and the limited players available have hurt and cost us quite a lot of points.
“But today is definitively a day for the fans to be happy. That’s what we will be. We are going to enjoy. My staff, my players and me. There is no difference between us and the fans, we would have loved to have had a better season than we’ve had.
“But for obvious reasons we haven’t, and we saw that today. How many times do you have two goalkeepers injured?
“That has been our season but we managed to win and that’s the most important thing.”
