In the second round of the Premier League, Liverpool FC drew 2-2 with Nottingham Forest at home. After the match, Arne Slot, Liverpool FC's manager, gave an interview to beIN Sports.

Arne, you finally got a point, but how would you rate your team's overall performance? What's the difference compared to last week?

I think the first half and second half were completely different in terms of performance. I felt we played very poorly in the first half, but we improved significantly after the break and our intensity increased. Ultimately we finished the game with better performance, even though we played poorly in the first half. I do think we were a bit unlucky, because their goal was judged by VAR to be onside, our goal was judged by VAR to be offside, and both decisions ultimately went in their favour. But we have to control what we can control, and our second-half performance was significantly better.

How do you view the two goals your team conceded tonight? You spoke about conceded goals last week, so what's your take on these two?

I believe both goals we conceded came from our failure to effectively defend set pieces, and they were two different types of goals. In particular, I don't want to start debating or arguing about the penalty decision on the second goal. As you may say, but what really frustrated us was that it took several minutes to make our substitutions.

We submitted our substitute list to the fourth official about three minutes beforehand, but we wanted to make changes during both stoppages and couldn't. I'm not sure if this caused the goals, but it certainly didn't help us.

Did this also change the three players you originally wanted to substitute?

No, it just changed the timing of the substitutions slightly. I was planning to make three changes simultaneously after we scored. I wanted to capitalize on the momentum at that moment and see if we could score again.

But when I saw the momentum drop a bit—it did drop somewhat during the five minutes we had to wait—we decided to make substitutions again.

Finally, let's talk about your experience at Anfield. This is your first match here since taking charge. How did you feel?

I thought the fans were outstanding. After we played poorly in the first half, they really helped us in the second half. When we equalized at 1-1 and 2-2, they kept pushing us forward. They helped us. Now we need to give them more, so we can enjoy the game together.

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