Arne Slot’s first 10 Liverpool video games in all competitions have introduced 9 victories, which is the very best begin of any Reds boss ever.
After beating Crystal Palace on the weekend 1-0, Slot’s aspect sit high of the tree heading into the worldwide break, too. The Dutch head coach is grateful for the beginning he is had, too, which he hopes will encourage his staff to extra achievements.
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Slot: “My begin at Liverpool is particular if you know the way many nice managers the membership have had”
“It positively could be very satisfying,” Slot stated after the victory in opposition to Palace. “And it’s truly additionally fairly particular if you know the way many nice managers Liverpool have had.
“However I additionally stated final week I believe, that I hope they don’t solely bear in mind me in a single, two, three, 4, 5 years just for this. We hope to do extra particular issues than this. And it additionally says the luck I had that I inherited an excellent squad and superb workers to proceed getting the outcomes that Jurgen [Klopp] had right here as nicely.”
One of many foundations of the numerous wins is the energy of the defence. Up to now, Liverpool has solely conceded 4 targets in ten matches. After the win at Selhurst Park, Slot defined how their type of play is among the issues that performs a component in it.
“I believe you noticed [against Palace] how a lot we managed the primary 60 minutes,” he stated. “Then we had, for 15 to twenty minutes, a troublesome spell. After which within the final 10 minutes, we took management once more.”
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“We took management by having an excellent build-up and that helps to additionally tire the opponents as a result of they need to defend loads, they need to run loads to make it troublesome for us. After which the work-rate our attackers and midfielders put in can also be extraordinary, and that mixture with just a few different issues – as a result of it’s additionally the standard of the centre-backs and the goalkeeper – results in so many clear sheets.”
That goalkeeper, Alisson – ranked as the very best on the planet just lately by FourFourTwo – sustained an harm within the recreation in opposition to Palace, although, and it needs to be seen when he might be again in motion. That may current a problem to Slot, however to date he has dealt with issues very nicely at Anfield, along with his techniques spot on.
Other than Arne Slot, different Dutch gamers and coaches at Liverpool are making an impression as nicely. Sipke Hulshoff and John Heitinga are a part of the backroom workers, whereas Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch have all been enjoying very well just lately with the trio all beginning in opposition to Palace.
Gravenberch has been a revelation in his new quantity 6 position to date. Slot defined why he thought the Dutch midfielder may do nicely in that position once they began to work collectively.
“He has sure traits to play in that place, and certainly one of them is that he’s actually comfy with the ball,” Slot stated. “Each time you play [the ball to] him, he is aware of what to do with it so he’s actually good in his one-, two-touch passes. However he’s additionally very comfy in turning away from his man so we are able to create an overload. He’s tall, he can run [and is] sturdy within the duels.”
The place the primary 10 video games have gone very well for Liverpool, the subsequent set of video games after the worldwide break might be a great check, with fixtures arising in opposition to Chelsea, Arsenal, Aston Villa and Bayer Leverkusen within the Champions League.
