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Liverpool news conference coming up as Arne Slot speaks before his side face Manchester City on Sunday This week, Slot said that playing good football is 'worth more in the long-term' than winning trophies - have your say It comes as Liverpool sit sixth in the Premier League with the sixth best attacking record Slot is also speaking for the first time since the transfer window closed, as Liverpool secured the summer signing of Jeremy Jacquet Slot says Jacquet is a 'very big talent' and that Liverpool 'weren't the only club interested' in signing him Team news: On Frimpong and Gomez Written by Ben Ramsdale, Holly Bacon & Melissa Edwards. Click 'Get Involved' to have your say Maybe I'm in the minority, but a stylish and spirited loss leaves me looking forward to the next match. 2 hours of boring football makes me question why I bother wasting my weekends on it. It's meant to be entertainment, after all! Richard, Nottingham Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool More from Liverpool boss Arne Slot added on Curtis Jones' contract situation: "I am aware, the club is aware and he is aware of the fact that he has one year left and that's all I can say on that. " Click 'Get Involved' to have your say Hopefully Slot is clever enough to adapt his style of "Slot Ball" as seems to be the case. Yes fans want a great style of play but trophies are ultimately more important winning titles and trophies regularly attracts and retains the top talent which should also provide "attractive" football. James, South Wales Click 'Get Involved' to have your say I can't remember who said it, might have been a Chelsea player under Jose talking about Arsenal back in the day. That no players on their summer holidays sit around saying "remember that trick I did once. " The game's about winning and then style. James, Southampton Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Milos Kerkez improving: "This is what you get if you keep playing those players who maybe sometimes have moments that are not as good as other moments or games not as good as other games. I think that's normal for younger players and the only thing as a manager is to keep trusting them and believing in them because we know who we signed. "We saw that potential and we knew and, has already been shown, that that potential will be seen if you keep playing them. " Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Liverpool boss Arne Slot on the performances of Curtis Jones this season and keeping hold of him in the transfer window: "He's played a lot of minutes, not all of them, but he's also unlucky in the sense that it's the only line where we haven't had injuries, but he's still played a lot of minutes and that's of course why we kept him. "We have a lot of players in that line but we need these midfielders in different positions as well and the moment you need that, the line in midfield gets smaller and smaller. "Of course we kept him and the situation hasn't changed. To us, he is one of the 16 players we have available for long-term and also in this moment in time. Would be a bit strange if we let anyone go if we only have 16 of them. " Click 'Get Involved' to have your say “Liverpool FC exists to win trophies” said Bill Shankly. As ever, he was right. Paul, Merseyside Trophies every time. I don't mind winning ugly as long as there's something at the end be it trophies or points. Julie, Yorkshire Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Liverpool boss Arne Slot was asked about the recent recruitment of young defenders and if that was with an eye on replacing Virgil van Dijk: "Everything that is done here is never in panic, it's always a long-term idea or something that has been thought about for a long time. "Of course, we are aware of the fact that Virgil will not play for this club for 10 more years but he has a one-and-a-half year contract left so he will be with us for that period of time and maybe even longer if he keeps staying fit as he is now. As I've said before, what a compliment to him at his age to play every three days, not only for his club but also for his country. "Hopefully he can stay as fit as he is for multiple years but this club, we are not stupid, we know somewhere in the upcoming years there is life without Virgil. I can say for every position that this club is not only thinking about short-term but mid-long term future in the decisions we make. " Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool More from Liverpool boss Arne Slot: "We've shown that, except that first half [against Man City] and the first half against [Crystal] Palace, that we can compete with any team that we've faced. Unfortunately, we haven't found the consistency to get consistent results but we've shown against all of the names that we are ready to compete. "They were the better team and I think we want to show a different side of us this time. " Click 'Get Involved' to have your say He’s mostly correct. It’s a balancing act. Probably 70% entertaining football, 30% trophies. Certainly at the big clubs. You just have to look at history, I mean Ten Hag won a couple of trophies at Utd, but the fans wanted him gone because they only sporadically played good football. Mark, North Wales Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Liverpool boss Arne Slot on the recent upturn in form of Florian Wirtz: "First and foremost, credit to the player because he has to do the work. Not only onthe pitch but also in the gym. Then as a manager, even if he is struggling a little bit at the start, you have to keep playing him because that is the only way he can improve. He is an example of that. "I think he didn't improve that much on the ball because from the start he was special maybe now he has a better connection with his teammates because they've played more and more together. Off the ball is where I see the biggest improvement with him, and some others, and that combination makes you ready for the Premier League. " Click 'Get Involved' to have your say I’ve always said I’d rather finish 4th playing great football, over 2nd playing bad football, but to suggest we’d rather play well than win trophies is ridiculous. What do players and fans want? To play good football, or win things? Reece, Kent I don't care about attractive football this season. Bring me trophies and the confidence from that will transform into the next season for attractive football. Ben, Chatham Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Liverpool boss Arne Slot dodged a question on the future of midfielder Curtis Jones quite well at the end there. Jones was linked with a move away from the Reds during the transfer window but no transfer ever developed. Slot says "the club are aware that he only has one-and-a-half years left" on his deal and that is all he will say on the matter. We'll bring you full quotes from this and everything else Slot had to say shortly. Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Liverpool boss Arne Slot on the performance against Newcastle last weekend: "I think we've played much better than that. It was a good last hour, first half hour wasn't what we wanted it to be again for obvious reasons because if you dive in data, the first half we didn't play that much and there were a lot of set-pieces which took a lot of time so it was difficult to find momentum and pace. "I liked our last hour but I don't think it was our best [match] - I think we've played many games with really good football. Unfortunately, we're not always able to be that good in both boxes, now in the last two games we've been really good in both boxes and people are starting to notice that our football might be better as well. But that football part has always been, for 95% of the minutes we've played, far above the acceptable level. " Click 'Get Involved' to have your say Agree with Slot. Arsenal v Chelsea was boring, lacked excitement. ZZZZZZZZ Steve, Hants Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Man City: "The game we played over there [in the 3-0 defeat at Etihad Stadium], we were outplayed completely in the first half for large parts. It's not a moment for us to see where are in the development of this team. "That being said, we know the importance of a result on Sunday but that goes for all teams in the Premier League this weekend - it's the end phase of the season so results matter more and more. "They're a very good team that even beat the team we beat last weekend without their starters so that tells you, combined with the game against them, what a force City still is and always will be. " Click 'Get Involved' to have your say Arne's comments would definitely hold more weight if we were competing for anything. At the moment, we play boring football AND we're far away from any trophy.

Not sure what his angle is there. Andy, Cambridge Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Liverpool boss Arne Slot on Jeremie Frimpong and Joe Gomez availability: "Jeremie will definitely not train this week so he is not available for the weekend. "With Joe, we have a little bit of hope that he might train Saturday so not available to start but maybe available to help the team if needed because, as you know, there are not many defenders available at the moment. " Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Arne Slot says he has seen a huge improvement from Florian Wirtz with his off the ball work since he joined the club. He adds that there has never been any doubt about his "special" talent. Full quotes to follow. .. Liverpool v Man City (Sun, 16: 30 GMT) Liverpool Liverpool boss Arne Slot on the signing of defender Jeremy Jacquet: "Very pleasing of course. He's a very big talent and maybe even more than talent but we speak about talent because of his age. Second, because we weren't the only one interested in him so it's a big compliment to the people working really hard to sign players. "Such a big talent and another example of the model we're using at this club - young, very talented players sometimes at the start of their careers or sometimes already a little bit a few years into their career but always players that are young and can improve us in the short term but also definitely in the long term. "We've signed a lot of them recently and like I've said many times in the mid-long term future of this club, and even the short term, is in a very good place. " Copyright © 2026 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.