"At this moment in time, I always think how must it feel for his wife and his children? Because it is so, so, so much harder for them than it is for us. But that we will miss the player and the person is completely clear. Now we play Nottingham Forest, last season there we were 1-0 down and it only took him [Jota] one minute to score the equaliser."
"It is good for us to remember him at all times. It is possible because of the person and player he was. It is impossible to measure what it does to the players and to our results. The last thing I would do is use it as an excuse. I don't know. What I do know is that we miss the player, that is 100% sure,"
Liverpool manager Arne Slot said the impact of Diogo Jota's death on players and results is impossible to measure but vowed not to use it as an excuse. He emphasised missing Jota both as a player and person and reflected on how the loss affects Jota's wife and children. Andy Robertson admitted he had been emotionally devastated in the build-up to Scotland's World Cup-qualifying win. Slot urged remembering Jota frequently because of who he was and cited Jota's last-season impact at Nottingham Forest. Slot stated that the club cannot quantify grief's effect on performances.
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