Arne Slot details awkward Liverpool plans ahead of Brighton clash as frustrations laid bare

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Liverpool's final week before the March international break has been particularly busy, with vital games in the Champions League and Premier League in less than 72 hours

Arne Slot said Liverpool has not been able to train ahead of the Brighton game(Image: MB Media/Getty Images)

Arne Slot has revealed Liverpool’s tight turnaround between the Galatasaray and Brighton fixtures has made training almost impossible ahead of this weekend’s game.

The Reds travel to the Amex for the final match before the March international break and know three points will put them into the Premier League’s top four. But Liverpool’s preparations have been hampered by the early kick-off time of 12:30 p.m. GMT at the Amex, which comes a little over 60 hours after the conclusion of Wednesday’s Champions League win.

Slot bemoaned the short gap between matches during Friday’s press conference and claimed the issue has routinely harmed the team’s plans this season.

That will certainly be the case ahead of the Brighton game, with Slot claiming it was not feasible to put in any serious work on the training ground across Thursday and Friday.

“Training-wise, [we do] close to nothing,” the Liverpool head coach said on Friday.

“Yesterday, the players did recovery. The most important thing is recovery, we cannot train in a way that we can learn something to help us to win the game on Saturday.

Slot has been left frustrated by the quick turnaround between fixtures(Image: Getty Images)

“We have to focus completely on recovery. The two things most important to that are sleep and food.

“We try to make sure they get enough sleep, we get into bed late on Wednesday evening.

“Every athlete will tell you after a game like this it’s not easy to fall asleep straight away. That’s why we train later on Thursday morning, we report later today.

Slot said Liverpool has been unable to train properly ahead of the Brighton game(Image: 2026 Getty Images)

“Hopefully they have two days with eight to nine hours of sleep. Then we go into a hotel tonight to make sure we don’t have to go that early tomorrow, so they have proper sleep.

“We try to do that in the best possible way. Yesterday we had a meeting about why we played well, what we have to do and also telling them how important recovery is. Today we will probably be 15-20 minutes on the pitch.

“And then of course, meetings have to do the job. The good thing is we’ve had eight or nine months together, it is not like I have to teach them something today and if I do not we cannot play a game of football.

“We know our style, we know what to expect. This is almost the whole season, it is hardly any training now it is all about recovery, recovery, recovery.”