Kostas Tsimikas has stated Liverpool are “hungry for extra” after breaking new membership information in Wednesday’s 1-0 Champions League win at RB Leipzig.
Darwin Nunez bought the decisive purpose within the twenty seventh minute as Arne Slot‘s males grew to become the primary Reds aspect to triumph of their opening six away video games of a season, and the primary to win 11 of their opening 12 fixtures.
Liverpool sit prime of the Premier League forward of Sunday’s journey to Arsenal, and are one in every of solely two groups – alongside Aston Villa – to have taken most factors from their opening three Champions League video games.
“After all we’re delighted,” stated Tsimikas.
“Everybody defends, everybody assaults, and everybody needs to do much more, we’re hungry for extra.
“Even for each recreation now it is extremely powerful for us however the group has to indicate and persist with the plan to be 100 per cent centered each time and to present our greatest.”
Liverpool needed to survive some early scares after which repel late assaults from Leipzig, who had two objectives disallowed for offside, however they emerged with their seventh clear sheet of the season – with defence the cornerstone of their early success.
“I feel we defend all collectively,” Tsimikas stated.
“One of many objectives of the brand new supervisor is he asks us to defend all collectively as a unit, as a group. So I feel that’s the vital factor. We don’t wish to concede. Each recreation all of us defend collectively and that’s what we wish to see.”
Confidence is understandably excessive, however Liverpool face their greatest check of the season but on Sunday once they journey south to face title hopefuls Arsenal.
Final February Liverpool suffered a 3-1 defeat on the Emirates Stadium, with Ibrahima Konate seeing purple late on.
If Liverpool can reverse that, it could be seen as an enormous assertion of their very own title credentials, however Tsimikas stated it was too early within the marketing campaign to place a lot emphasis on one recreation.
“I feel we’ll go to Arsenal to play our soccer and to win the sport,” he stated.
“That’s our goal however we simply take it recreation by recreation, to attempt to win and play good soccer.
“I feel that’s the vital factor proper now. It’s too early to discuss (statements) however our objectives at the beginning of the season, we stated we needed to win every little thing.”
Tsimikas defined his reluctance to look too far forward by pointing again to final season.
When Liverpool beat Chelsea to carry the Carabao Cup in late February, there was discuss of it doubtlessly being the primary a part of a quadruple in Jurgen Klopp‘s last season, however a disappointing end to the marketing campaign meant it was Liverpool’s solely trophy as they gained simply 4 of their final 10 video games.
“Final season, on the finish, we destroyed every little thing after one unhealthy outcome in opposition to Manchester United,” Tsimikas stated, referring to a 2-2 attract early April.
“I feel the subsequent fixtures again within the days we weren’t the group we had been earlier than however I feel we now have tried to work recreation by recreation and each recreation is a last. We attempt to do what the supervisor is asking to win video games.”
