In his first interview since Jota's death, Slot told Liverpool TV: "If we want to laugh, we laugh; if we want to cry, we're going to cry. "If they want to train they can train, if they don't want to train they can not train. But be yourself, don't think you have to be different than your emotions tell you.

There were numerous emotional nods to the late Diogo Jota before, during and after Liverpool’s first match since his passing.

Arne Slot has paid an emotional tribute to Diogo Jota ahead of Liverpool's first match since the Portugal forward's death..