SLOT POST SAFC

Arne Slot spoke to the media following his side's fortunate 1-1 draw with Sunderland and explained why we have been so hard to play against this season...

HARD TO SCORE AGAINST SAFC

"I knew before the game when you play Sunderland, I think from the 14 games they've played now, they've only conceded four times more than one goal. And in these four games they've only conceded two. So it's a hard team to score against, it's a hard team to create your chances against because they either go really aggressive in a high press, or they have 11 players, 10 outfield players and a goalkeeper who defend their box with their lives. And that's why it's so difficult to create. So in that aspect, I was hoping for more, although I knew how difficult it is to create against them."

BIG CHANCES CREATED

"I think, again, we've hardly conceded. The first big chance of them was, I don't count the shot that hit the bar, because that was not a chance. But the first serious chance was from a set-piece that hit the post. And then their goal is, in my opinion, not even a chance. If that is a chance, we've probably had 20 chances tonight. But unfortunately the deflection led to going 1-0 down."

WIRTZ EQUALISER

"And then recently, in our recent games, we found it really hard to get the equaliser, although we had our chances every time. But today we had a little bit of luck with scoring the 1-1, because that was also a deflection. For me, it's different because it's a shot from eight, nine, ten yards. So that's at least a serious chance, where a shot from 20 yards isn't. It's a serious chance, an opportunity with a serious chance."

SET PIECE THREAT

"It is clear that teams who play us think they can get a result. In the second half there was only one team that had the ball, but if they had one free-kick they could bring it to our half with a long ball, that is a danger with them. And we had to defend three or four times a set-piece and a corner kick. And, of course, that is a danger with them, because they've shown this season that they are a threat in set-pieces. The good thing for us is we didn't concede from a set-piece. Maybe as a result we got a decent point."

ISIDOR CHANCE

"In the final minutes of the game we were close to making it 2-1 because we had a few set-pieces but then I look up and I saw the player of them (Isidor) completely free on the halfway line. The good thing is Fede (Chiesa) could have thought 'it is nothing to do with me', but he kept sprinting and the draw was the minimum we deserved and we did."