Liverpool boss Arne Slot drew on a quote from basketball legend Michael Jordan as he addressed claims suggesting the runaway Premier League leaders have enjoyed good fortune of late.
The Reds escaped with a 1-0 win against Paris St-Germain on Wednesday in the first leg of their last-16 tie in the Champions League.
PSG dominated the Reds at the Parc des Princes and had 27 shots but found keeper Alisson in inspired form before Harvey Elliott grabbed a late winner for the visitors.
"We weren't a little bit lucky [against PSG], we were really lucky - but as Michael Jordan said once, 'The harder you work, the more luck you have'," said Slot.
"This is the biggest compliment you have to give the players, they worked incredibly hard.
"That also has to do with the players being - if you were 45 minutes with the other team having the ball a lot and having to defend so much - mentally and physically so strong to come up with the second-half performance of not giving away as many open chances as we did in the first half.
"And, even scoring a goal on the counter-attack shows you how mentally and physically strong these players are."
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