Liverpool will face FA Cup winners Palace in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday. Liverpool are looking to win the Community Shield for the 17th time.
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Liverpool manager Arne Slott says he will relish the challenge of facing Crystal Palace in the Community Shield. The champions of the English Premier League want to start the new season with a title. During this time, defending the league title will be the team's main target. Last season, Liverpool won the league title for a record-equalling 20th time.
Liverpool will face FA Cup winners Palace in the Community Shield at Wembley on Sunday. Liverpool are looking to win the Community Shield for the 17th time. The last success of the team was in 2022. "It's good to start the new season with a title," Slott told the media on Friday. Palace are sure to be tough opponents. It is difficult to win a competition that is decided in one game.'
He Palace is still an equally strong team. He also said that there is no doubt that the challenge faced by the team will be tough. Liverpool's last trip to Wembley ended in a shock defeat. At that time, Liverpool was defeated by Newcastle United 2-1. But Slott doesn't want to relive that loss. "We don't look back," says the Dutch coach.
He adds, 'The way we play, Palace's game is the same. Palace will focus every free kick into our box. The Palace is always terrifying in its set pieces. I think both teams will try to overlap during the game. Even a goal can be decisive in Sunday's game. Lately, Liverpool has been very active in buying and selling players.
He has signed Florin Wirtz, Hugo Akitike, Jeremy Firpo and Milos Kerkez. It has been agreed to sell Uruguayan forward Darwin Nunez to Saudi team Al-Hilal. Liverpool are still interested in signing Newcastle's Alexander Isak. He could play in place of Nunez. Isaac still has three years left on his contract with Newcastle.
Last season Isak scored 23 goals. He finished just behind Golden Boot winner Mohamed Salah. Salah scored 29 goals. It is not right to talk much about him unless he is his own player. I can talk about Hugo. He has been playing well since signing with the club. We are happy with the team that Liverpool has now.'
He further said, 'We won the league title last season. Some of the players at that time had left. We have also brought in some new players. Our young players are also doing well. Meanwhile, coach Slott did not rule out the possibility of sending an offer to Newcastle with a higher price for Isaac. Last season Slot did not spend the first year on new players.
But this time Liverpool has spent more than 402 million dollars. Liverpool initially made an offer of £110m for Issac, but that was rejected by Newcastle. Newcastle want more than that. This would set a new record for British football transfers. Newcastle have not yet included Isak in the team for the pre-season games.
