“It is probably going to be a fantastic atmosphere and that is never easy to play against because every single time they cross the halfway line or get a corner the fans will cheer for that and then you have to be mentally really strong as an away team to resist all that: you still have to be focused on what you have to do: defending the corner, defending the set-piece and when you have the ball be as calm as you can in this fantastic atmosphere - it is not the first time for these players playing in an atmosphere like this.
But Slot said: “There was a wise man that once said to me that nothing good comes from losing a football game and I completely agree, so we would have definitely preferred to play six games in 18 days or seven in 21 or eight in 24 because that is the schedule we are in.
“I hope they can focus on what they have to do but it is not only tactical, you also have to stand up those emotions because I noticed also in the Plymouth game the intensity of the tackles, how aggressive they were was a quality of their players but it was also definitely because of the emotions in the stadium so we have to be up for that.
He said: “It should have impact because if you are working at a club like this you should compete for every trophy, we've said this from the start, and so to go out at the second occasion, to lose against Plymouth is not acceptable.
Liverpool can still go nine points clear at the top of the Premier League table if they beat Merseyside rivals Everton in the final Goodison Park derby on Wednesday night.
