Liverpool players pay Arne Slot greatest respect by not making Man Utd and Arsenal mistake

Arne Slot has enjoyed a beardown commencement to beingness arsenic Liverpool manager, and Reds fable John Barnes believes the caller brag has to convey Jurgen Klopp for his success

John Barnes believes that Arne Slot has inherited an exceptional squad astatine Liverpool - and they haven't taken their ft disconnected the gas.

The Dutchman took implicit from Jurgen Klopp earlier this year, pursuing the German's palmy nine-year reign astatine Anfield. Klopp not lone led the Reds to their archetypal Premier League rubric successful the 2019/20 play but besides secured 2 League Cups, an FA Cup and a Champions League.

It seems his power is inactive felt by caller brag Slot, who has already tasted aboriginal occurrence successful the Premier League and Champions League. Liverpool kicked disconnected the caller run with a 2-0 distant win, followed by a triumph implicit Brentford astatine home.

A heated lucifer with Manchester United saw Liverpool humiliate their rivals with a 3-0 triumph astatine Old Trafford. However Slot suffered his archetypal decision of the play against Nottingham Forest aft the planetary break.

Nevertheless it seemed to beryllium conscionable a insignificant setback arsenic Liverpool bounced backmost with a 3-1 triumph implicit AC Milan successful the European Cup, arsenic good arsenic a convincing 3-0 triumph against Bournemouth. Barnes believes that the players Klopp brought successful during his clip astatine Liverpool are playing a important relation successful Slot's caller successes - due to the fact that they are not relaxing pursuing their erstwhile manager's departure.

Manchester United and Arsenal some suffered drop-offs erstwhile their illustrious semipermanent managers Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger departed, but Liverpool are showing small motion of doing the aforesaid successful the post-Klopp era.

Barnes precocious joined Gary Lineker connected his podcast 'The Rest Is Football' to sermon Liverpool's prospects and beingness aft Klopp. The Match of the Day frontman, said: "Where bash you spot this existent Liverpool team? Obviously it's post-Klopp, we each thought it would beryllium an incredibly hard enactment to travel - and it volition beryllium - but he's made a truly bully commencement Arne Slot hasn't he?"

Barnes replied: "Not lone has helium made a bully start, I was with him successful pre-season successful America and adjacent successful America - conscionable benignant of going astir the level with each the analysts that we had connected the plane, and they're present having a caller mode of playing. Playing astir Ryan Gravenberch arsenic a fig six, it's a spot similar playing [Andrea] Pirlo successful a fig six.

"A antithetic benignant of subordinate but much attacking, much comfy connected the shot alternatively than a beardown defensive-midfield player. So therefore, the players person bought into what he's trying to do. Plus the information that we've inactive got connected the antagonistic attack, and successful transition, gait and powerfulness up front.

"So we're playing disconnected a slower build-up, galore much passes from the back, but successful transition, erstwhile we person to spell forward. And the players person bought into it. We've seen erstwhile Fergie left, we've seen erstwhile [Arsene] Wenger left, we've seen erstwhile [Jose] Mourinho near large clubs, who clubs don't bash arsenic good due to the fact that the players unbend - the large antheral has gone.

"Liverpool players haven't done that. The Liverpool players that Jurgen Klopp signed were bully characters capable to cognize 'Oh you're not present immoderate much but we person to respect the club, the traditions, the fans and the caller manager - we bash what you say' due to the fact that it's a wholly antithetic mode of playing.

"And they haven't thrown their dummy retired the pram, and it suits players much similar Harvey Elliott, Curtis Jones - these shot players, whereas Jurgen's midfield had Fabinho, [James] Milner, [Jordan] Henderson. They're present escaped ball-playing midfielders truthful they're amended successful possession, but they inactive person that modulation going guardant truthful it's blessed days."

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