Arne Slot has revealed he has semi-regular contact with Jurgen Klopp, however their talks don’t cowl the title race.
The transition from Klopp to Slot couldn’t have been smoother, with the Dutchman adapting fairly than renovating the staff.
The brand new coach has launched a few of his personal concepts on easy methods to play with and with out the ball, however at their core, Liverpool are nonetheless the highly effective facet they have been below Klopp.
After 26 Premier League matches, the Reds, who’re eight factors clear having performed a sport greater than second-place Arsenal, are in a really related place to final season, after they have been 5 factors forward of Man Metropolis.
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Talking to media together with the Mail, Slot stated: “There’s at all times one thing to study from historical past or from current years, nevertheless it’s a unique competitor this time, it’s a unique staff we now have.
“So this staff, only some of them have been concerned within the title race with Metropolis (earlier than final season).
“I believe for probably the most half it’s a staff that hasn’t skilled that but. So there is likely to be one or two issues to study, however on the whole I believe it’s a brand new season with new gamers, you possibly can’t examine.
“I don’t know which staff they then confronted on the finish of the season, it’s troublesome to take one thing from it, however gamers which have skilled it might need realized one thing from it. We do speak about that from time to time, however not a lot.”
Regardless of the similarities to final season as Liverpool battle on a number of fronts, Slot stated he hadn’t mentioned managing the run-in together with his predecessor.
The top coach added: “No, we haven’t spoken about [managing a title race]. He’s solely principally given lots of compliments after a sport. I can speak to Jurgen, I’ve skilled it.
“Just one time when Liverpool gained it, it was 25 factors, however that’s not regular in a soccer season, aside from France, as a result of in France it’s at all times like this with Paris Saint-Germain.
“However in nearly each different league, it’s tight till the tip.”
Liverpool stay favourites for the Premier League title, however two attracts of their final three video games has put some doubt into supporters’ minds.
As Slot says, although, this isn’t a 90-plus level Man Metropolis level we’re up in opposition to. That is an Arsenal outfit who’re at the least equally as able to dropping factors as Liverpool are.
