Liverpool boss Arne Slot fires warning to players over Premier League title advantage

Liverpool look Southampton connected Sunday arsenic the Reds look to support their five-point pb astatine the apical of the Premier League array but there's inactive a agelong mode to spell successful the rubric race

Liverpool brag Arne Slot insists the Reds won’t get carried distant by their five-point vantage - due to the fact that Manchester City person shown successful the past they hunt down leaders.

The Reds caput into the play apical of the Premier League array with Pep Guardiola’s City their closest challengers. It has been a scintillating commencement for Liverpool nether caller brag Slot with conscionable 1 decision successful 11 games but determination remains a agelong mode to spell successful the campaign.

It was 2 seasons agone erstwhile Arsenal had an eight-point pb with 10 games to spell successful the campaign. While past term, it was Jurgen Klopp’s Reds who had a three-point vantage successful April implicit all-conquering City who went connected to triumph a 4th rubric successful a row. So Slot is not getting excessively excited astir their pb up of Sunday's travel to Southampton.

“We are each alert of the information we are lone 11 games into the play and volition not get carried away,” helium said.

“It is not similar this is the archetypal clip successful Liverpool past we person been apical of the league. I don’t deliberation the owners volition get carried away. I americium for definite not getting carried away, and the players volition not arsenic well.”

Liverpool caput into a immense week. City look Tottenham connected Saturday successful a tricky crippled portion the Reds are blistery favourites to heap much misery connected Southampton. They past look Real Madrid successful the Champions League earlier they invited City to Anfield for a immense clash.

Liverpool are present seen arsenic flimsy favourites by the bookmakers to triumph the rubric portion Opta’s supercomputer predicts they volition beryllium champions successful May. But Slot said: “I don’t speech astir favourites. It is boring but I conscionable speech astir the adjacent crippled which is simply a situation successful itself. I person said galore times that successful the Premier League the margins are precise small. That is existent each season.

“Last play I followed the league and determination was a infinitesimal erstwhile City were 8 points down Arsenal (it was 2022-23) truthful determination is nary usage successful getting carried distant astatine each astatine this infinitesimal successful time. These teams similar City, Arsenal and Chelsea and adjacent [Manchester] United and each the others are capable to enactment unneurotic a tally of games similar we did.

“So we are not getting carried distant astatine each and looking astatine it similar you conscionable said successful presumption of favourites oregon whatever. The players cognize what they person to bash to triumph a game, and it’s a lot. If they could springiness 50 percent little and inactive win, possibly we would deliberation we person 50 percent other successful the vessel and not request to springiness our maximum for results. But we cognize it has been a adjacent telephone successful galore games.”

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