VIDEO SHOWS: POST-MATCH COMMENTS FROM LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH ARNE SLOT, CAPTAIN VIRGIL VAN DIJK & MIDFIELDER DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI AFTER 1-0 WIN AWAY TO INTER MILAN IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE/ MATCH STILLS RESENDING WITH COMPLETE SHOTLIST SHOWS: MILAN, ITALY (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (UEFA - This content can only be used in the reporting of the UEFA Champions League 2025/2026 season – no other use allowed. No commercial use. Must on-screen courtesy " UEFA 2025" or " UEFA 2026". No resales. No sublicensing. No monetisation.) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING: "All I could ask for. I think the fourth game in ten days. That's not what you see a lot in football. Three and seven is already a lot, let alone four in ten. We’ve only 13 outfield players available with Premier League or Champions League experience. After the blow we had conceding the 3-3 in extra time against Leeds, where we deserved so much more. Then to go into this stadium against such a strong Inter Milan team. You couldn't have asked for more if you look at our performance." 2. WHITE FLASH 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, SAYING: "We have showed so much mentality throughout this season with all the setbacks we've faced. One of them this Saturday and much bigger ones before the season and during the season. So, I think I can only compliment my players about how much mentality and fight experience they've shown throughout this whole season that we've been multiple times very unlucky and that's also clear. That has led to to the position we are in in the league." 4. WHITE FLASH 5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL HEAD COACH, ARNE SLOT, ON MOHAMED SALAH, SAYING: "REPORTER ASKING: “And where do you stand on that between now and Saturday?” SLOT: “Where I stand is that tonight it should be all about the players that are here. In the rich history Liverpool has, they've had many of these evenings. But after in the season we are in, I think if you have an away win in this stadium against such a strong team, then it should be about the midfield or about Ibou (Ibrahima Konate) or about the ones that are here. They deserve all the credit. And I can fully understand on Friday that I get a lot of questions from Vinny (O’Connor) again about other things, but tonight it should be about the ones that are here." MILAN, ITALY (DECEMBER 9, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all) 6. STILL OF LIVERPOOL MIDFIELDER, DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI, SCORING THE ONLY GOAL FROM THE PENALTY SPOT (MUTE) 7. STILL OF SZOBOSZLAI CELEBRATING (MUTE) 8. STILL OF LIVERPOOL GOALKEEPER, ALISSON BECKER, AND DEFENDERS, IBRAHIMA KONATE, AND, VIRGIL VAN DIJK REACTING AFTER FINAL WHISTLE (MUTE) 9. STILL OF LIVERPOOL MIDFIELDER, CURTIS JONES CELEBRATING AT FULL TIME IN FRONT OF INTER FORWARD, LUIS HENRIQUE (MUTE) 10. STILL OF SLOT THANKING AWAY SUPPORT (MUTE) 11. VAN DIJK IN MIXED ZONE 12. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL CAPTAIN, VIRGIL VAN DIJK, ON MOHAMED SALAH, SAYING: VAN DIJK: "It’s not pulling together, it’s just keep doing the same things. And we have a responsibility to all our fans and to ourselves to try and turn the situation around. And that's what we try to do. Work each and every day and nothing has changed on Sunday and Monday. And overall, it was a good game. Hopefully we can build on that." REPORTER ASKING: “Has it been difficult for you as a group though with Mo saying what he had to say on Saturday night and the impact that has subsequently had - the fact that he's not here tonight? VAN DIJK: "I think it wasn't too difficult. Obviously, it's his feelings that he obviously had after the game. And obviously we came in on Sunday and I didn't feel any difference in terms of the the team, the players. Obviously, we all know what's going on, but I think it's more the outside world that, you know, makes it obviously what it is, bigger than ever. And we just have to deal with the facts and that’s that we had a game, a big game tonight that everyone has to be ready for and we have another big game on the weekend. And whatever happens, we'll see. Nothing more, nothing less." REPORTER ASKING: “As captain though, have you spoken to Mo? VAN DIJK: "Of course I spoke to him." REPORTER: "Are you able to elaborate on…?" VAN DIJK: "Of course not. It's none of anyone's business." REPORTER: "But is there a role that you can play in just maybe reintegrating Mo at some point? I mean, I take it that you obviously hope that he still has a part to play at Liverpool." VAN DIJK: "Of course, you know, I've been with Mo for such a long time and I've mentioned in another interview, you know, he's been a big part of my success that I've had at the club. He's a big part of the club's success. I've been a big part of his success, and we all have been doing it together at Liverpool. So the reality is as well that he's going away on the weekend. And then hopefully he has an amazing Africa Cup of Nations. In the meantime, I have no idea what will happen." 13. (SOUNDBITE) (English) LIVERPOOL MIDFIELDER, DOMINIK SZOBOSZLAI, ON MOHAMED SALAH, SAYING: SZOBOSZLAI: "I'm very close with him. It’s nothing to do with the players. It's him and his own choice, what he's doing with his own life, with his own career. But yeah, it’s nothing to do with the players, I guess, so nothing to say about it." REPORTER ASKING: "Would you like him to stay?" SZOBOSZLAI: "I say it again, it's not our decision as players. I love him. I love him as a human being, as a friend of mine, as a player. He has done so much for this club. It's going to be the club and his decision." STORY: Liverpool midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai scored an 88th-minute penalty to give his side a 1-0 win at Inter Milan in the Champions League on Tuesday (December 9) that boosts their hopes of a top-eight finish and direct qualification for the last 16. With the shadow of absent winger Mohamed Salah's recent falling-out with head coach Arne Slot still hanging over them, Liverpool thought they had taken the lead through a close-range header from Ibrahima Konate, but a lengthy VAR review saw the goal chalked off for a Hugo Ekitike handball moments before. The Premier League side had plenty of possession but struggled to create shots on target, and it took Alessandro Bastoni pulling the shirt of substitute Florian Wirtz late on and the referee pointing to the spot after another VAR review to give them the chance they desperately needed. Szoboszlai stepped up and slammed the ball past keeper Yann Sommer to lift his side to eighth place in the table on 12 points after six of their eight group games. Inter sit fifth, also on 12 points but with a superior goal difference. Salah was left out of Tuesday's squad by Slot after his withering comments on Saturday, when he accused the club of throwing him under the bus having been left on the bench during a 3-3 Premier League draw with Leeds United. (Production: Alex Fraser, Conal Quinn, Claudia Greco) (The article has been published through a syndicated feed. Except for the headline, the content has been published verbatim. Liability lies with original publisher.)
