Arne Slot gives Liverpool fans surprising response to being top of the Premier League

Arne Slot has delivered his verdict connected his record-breaking commencement astatine Liverpool with the Reds apical of the league aft six games

Arne Slot refuses to get excessively excited astir being apical of the Premier League, insisting Liverpool person had an easier commencement than their rivals.

Liverpool are 1 constituent wide of Manchester City and Arsenal and Slot is the archetypal Reds brag to triumph 8 of his archetypal 9 matches. Slot knows the fixture machine has been benignant to Liverpool and Nottingham Forest, who registered a daze triumph astatine Anfield, are the lone top-10 broadside they person faced.

As a large a intelligence hurdle winning astatine Old Trafford has proved for Liverpool nether Jurgen Klopp, Tottenham’s demolition of Erik 10 Hag’s Manchester United has enactment past month’s triumph into perspective. By contrast, Arsenal person already played astatine City, Aston Villa and Tottenham, impressively signaling 2 wins and a draw.

City person had Arsenal astatine location and they person besides been to Chelsea and Newcastle, picking up 4 points.

Slot said successful the Bologna matchday programme: “The results astatine the play mean we are presently apical of the Premier League and this is thing the players should beryllium pleased with of course.

“But astatine the aforesaid time, we cognize that the fixtures we’ve had astatine the commencement of the play person not been arsenic hard arsenic they person been for different teams. This isn’t astir dampening excitement due to the fact that we ever privation our supporters to judge successful what we’re doing and the possibilities it whitethorn bring.

“It’s astir being realistic and knowing our ain advancement due to the fact that by doing this, we tin support obtaining the accusation that we request to support connected improving.”

Slot is conscious of the 2022-23 run erstwhile Liverpool finished 5th successful the Premier League - the lone clip they missed retired connected the Champions League successful a afloat play nether Klopp. For Slot, this showed however hard it is to harvester the 2 competitions and is wary of the challenges of playing each 3 oregon 4 days.

“If we tin support connected being superior successful our attack successful this way, it tin lone assistance us, particularly due to the fact that this is our archetypal play backmost successful the Champions League aft missing retired past clip round,” said the Reds caput coach.

“Playing Saturday-Wednesday-Saturday successful 2 competitions is ever a large situation successful truthful galore ways. It tests our squad, our preparation, our recovery, our quality to header with antithetic pressures and truthful galore different things besides.

"Staying humble, keeping our feet connected the crushed and knowing determination is simply a batch of hard enactment and betterment inactive required is not conscionable the close mode for us, it’s the lone way.”

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