Liverpool forward Cody Gakpo has unpleasant memories of trying to play against Arne Slot's teams back in the Netherlands.
The former PSV Eindhoven winger admits that he is looking forward to working with Slot, who is the club's new head coach.
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He does not know Slot personally, but says that facing the Dutchman's teams in the Eredivisie was always a huge challenge.
"I have not spoken to him before (but) I do know that he has always made it very difficult for us at PSV and is known as a very good trainer, of course," the Netherlands international stated on international duty.
Asked about Slot's playstyle, Gakpo replied: "I think so, otherwise the club wouldn't have appointed him.
If you talk about neat football and high pressure, with the latter being a very big characteristic of us under Jurgen Klopp, then that is also something we are certainly used to."