“Some teams bring new players in, some teams (have been) playing longer together so they’re playing better together, some teams bring new managers in, like Everton and (David Moyes) at Everton is doing a great job and the one from Wolves has made them better as well.
“Of course we would’ve loved to go nine points (clear) but we take a lot of positives from the game as well, not football-wise (because) we didn’t play our best game in terms of ball possession,” he added.
Liverpool were far from their best in the cauldron-like atmosphere as Goodison Park hosted its final Merseyside derby, and were denied victory when James Tarkowski struck eight minutes into time added on to earn Everton a 2-2 draw amid chaotic scenes.
Arne Slot believes Liverpool’s performance in Wednesday’s Merseyside derby showed his table-topping players are mentally stronger than last year.
We were mentally much stronger than last season, we went 1-0 down and came back by leading the game until 97 minutes with 2-1.”.
