Liverpool icon makes Arne Slot feelings clear after keeping close eye on dugout behaviour

Liverpool are six points wide astatine the apical of the Premier League array and 1 Reds fable has pinpointed precisely what has been truthful awesome from caller brag Arne Slot

John Arne Riise thinks Arne Slot's calm and collected demeanour is down Liverpool's blistering season.

Slot, 46, has steered the Reds to a six-point pb astatine the Premier League summit, which they preserved with a 2-0 distant victory implicit Bournemouth. Should the Reds clinch a triumph against Everton successful the rescheduled Merseyside Derby connected February 12, their pb could agelong to arsenic overmuch arsenic 9 points.

The ex-Feyenoord manager besides has the accidental this Thursday to unafraid Liverpool a spot successful the Carabao Cup final, though they'll request to reverse a 1-0 shortage from the archetypal leg against Tottenham Hotspur. Nobody was definite however the squad would execute nether Slot aft helium took implicit from Jurgen Klopp successful the summer.

Riise, who won the Champions League, the League Cup and the FA Cup betwixt 2001 and 2008 astatine Liverpool, believes helium knows conscionable wherever the Dutchman has been truthful pivotal.

While speaking to the Liverpool Echo connected behalf of Bet365, Riise said: "Well, I deliberation everybody was a small spot excited and didn't cognize what to expect, really, erstwhile helium arrived. Obviously, we didn't cognize that overmuch astir him, isolated from that helium did truly good astatine his erstwhile club.

"But helium conscionable came successful with a calmness. I've been fortunate to conscionable him a mates of times present portion astatine Anfield and the mode helium speaks, however helium looks connected the seat during the games, helium looks truthful successful control.

"He knows what he's doing. The players are responding to his tactics successful training, truthful helium looks similar helium and his coaching squad are truly taking the players into it and they emotion it."

Considering the Reds lone signed Federico Chiesa from Juventus successful his archetypal transportation window, Slot has defied expectations successful emphatic fashion. While besides scaling to the apical of the Premier League, they were besides ascendant successful the Champions League, signaling 7 victories successful 8 matches, including convincing triumphs implicit Real Madrid, AC Milan and Bayer Leverkusen.

They person rapidly go galore people's favourite to triumph Europe's elite contention arsenic good arsenic the Premier League. Riise is 1 of those figures who judge Liverpool could bash thing truly peculiar this season.

The Norwegian added: "I think, arsenic myself and galore others, are a small spot amazed by however good they've done successful some the Premier League and successful the Champions League. I deliberation they play outstanding football.

"Arne Slot has travel connected with immoderate ideas and truly changed, well, conscionable kept going from Jurgen Klopp and made it adjacent better. So, I deliberation they tin spell each the way.

"But I deliberation it's going to beryllium pugnacious because, obviously, the Champions League is lone 2 games and a batch tin happen. But I deliberation successful the Premier League, for sure, I deliberation we're going to win."

After hosting Tottenham astatine Anfield successful the 2nd limb of their League Cup semi-final connected Thursday, the Reds question down to the southbound westbound for an FA Cup fourth-round clash with Plymouth Argyle connected Sunday.

John Arne Riise was speaking connected behalf of bet365, Official Global Partner of the UEFA Champions League. To observe the partnership, bet365 is giving distant escaped tickets to the knockout phases arsenic portion of The Big UEFA Champions League summons giveaway. Visit www.bet365.com for much information.

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