What impressed Arne Slot most about Vitezslav Jaros during full Liverpool debut - 'I liked that'

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Liverpool earned a 3-2 victory over Brighton in the Carabao Cup.

Arne Slot praised Vitezslav Jaros’ performance on his full Liverpool debut.

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The goalkeeper was handed a chance to impress in the Reds’ Carabao Cup tie against Brighton & Hove Albion. With Alisson Becker absent with a hamstring injury, Caoimhin Kelleher has been first choice between the posts. But Kelleher was handed a rest and Jaros given his first start, having come off the bench to replace Alisson in a 1-0 win at Crystal Palace earlier this month.

Liverpool enjoyed a 3-2 victory in a thrilling encounter with Brighton at the AMEX Stadium, with Cody Gakpo firing a double and Luis Diaz scoring to move the Reds into the quarter-finals of the competition. But had it not been for Jaros’ heroics, the visitors could well have crashed out of the competition.

The 23-year-old made a fine stop from Tariq Lamptey when the game was goalless before producing a stunning save from Simon Adringra’s header just minutes after Gakpo broke the deadlock.

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But it was Jaros’ efforts with the ball at his feet that impressed the Liverpool head coach most. Slot said: “Everybody could see how important his saves were. I think the first big chance of the game was for them where he saved the one-versus-one and in the second half of course we all remember one or two saves as well.

“But he also added to that how comfortable he was with the ball at his feet: making the right choices on when to go short and when to clip the ball towards the striker, and it helped for him the quality Jarell Quansah and Joe Gomez brought in build-up. So, I liked that triangle today a lot in ball possession.”

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