Arne Slot has praised Liverpool’s Curtis Jones (Photographs by Carl Recine/Getty Pictures)
Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot has heaped reward onto Curtis Jones for his excellent efficiency in opposition to Chelsea yesterday in an necessary 2-1 Premier League win at Anfield.
Jones has been one in every of Liverpool’s most improved gamers this season, and he popped as much as rating the winner in opposition to Chelsea within the second half, whereas Slot praised him for his all-round show in midfield.
The 23-year-old completed nicely when Mohamed Salah set him up for his massive probability within the second half, however maybe much more spectacular was the best way he helped maintain Blues attacking midfield maestro Cole Palmer quiet for a lot of the sport.
Palmer has been sensational since becoming a member of Chelsea, however he couldn’t fairly get going at Anfield yesterday, and Slot singled out Jones for nullifying that menace nicely.
Curtis Jones praised by Arne Slot after Liverpool beat Chelsea
Talking after the sport, as quoted by the Metro, Slot stated of Jones: “He was superb. Superb particular person efficiency. I feel the entire crew labored very laborious.
“Curtis had a troublesome job, he needed to management Cole Palmer, which isn’t straightforward as a result of this participant has some high quality.”
Not quite a lot of gamers have been in a position to deal with Palmer, so it’s some achievement by Jones to do such a superb job while additionally having the ability to contribute in assault by getting ahead to attain the winner.
Jones is one other success story of the Liverpool academy, with the England Beneath-21 worldwide wanting like he may go on to have an analogous affect to Trent Alexander-Arnold, one other homegrown participant who’s developed right into a world class expertise for the membership’s first-team.
Jamie Carragher praised Jones after the sport, even suggesting his rise within the LFC midfield may now imply there’s not any want for Slot to exit and signal a giant identify like Martin Zubimendi in that place.
