Arne Slot couldn’t be faring significantly better as Liverpool head coach and he has proven his appreciation for the followers after the 4-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen.
The Reds tore Xabi Alonso’s Bundesliga champions aside within the Champions League on Tuesday evening, scoring 4 objectives in an unforgettable second half.
With every passing recreation, the extra the supporters are taking to Slot, and talking to the press after the sport, he responded to Liverpool followers singing his Klopp-inspired tune:
“It’s all the time higher for a supervisor that this occurs than after they begin to boo! It’s particular,” Slot stated.
“It was particular from the beginning and, subsequently, I feel I’ve to thank Jurgen [Klopp] as a result of he was the one who got here up with the tune.
“I feel that is extra spectacular as we speak” ?
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“It’s all the time particular in case you are a participant in the event that they sing for you. Some gamers get used to this – I didn’t, they solely sung a number of occasions for me in my enjoying profession.
“That’s what you see a bit extra [and] individuals singing for a supervisor isn’t that frequent, at the very least not in Holland however possibly right here it occurs so much.”
Slot not taking issues with no consideration
On the face of it, Slot has discovered it straightforward changing Klopp, making the all time begin by a Liverpool boss and provoking his aspect to the highest of the Premier League and Champions League tables.
The 46-year-old insisted that isn’t the case, nonetheless, particularly as opposition sides can typically increase their recreation at Anfield.
“No, no. Under no circumstances. You solely take a look at the outcomes however Brighton final Saturday was a tough one the place we had been 1-0 behind, we needed to struggle actually laborious – and I feel that’s additionally what you noticed as we speak,” Slot added.
“We’ve to work actually laborious, play with an extremely excessive depth to win our video games, and that has so much to do with groups – I heard Bayer Leverkusen saying this as properly – they suppose, and I’ve to agree with them, that Anfield is the perfect place to play in, one of many nicest stadiums to play in and towards an excellent workforce.
“So, each workforce that performs towards us is within the prime of their recreation. And if you wish to win that, you all the time must be constant in your depth, and that’s not all the time straightforward however that’s what’s wanted.
“And if we are able to hold producing that then it’s nonetheless not straightforward however then we get our wins in and that’s what we would like.”
What Slot is doing at Liverpool is exceptional, seamlessly filling the Klopp void and making supporters dream that one thing particular could possibly be on the horizon this season.
It’s nonetheless early days – performances haven’t all the time been constantly convincing but – but it surely does really feel as if the Reds have nailed their appointment.
Slot isn’t going to be the charismatic one-off that Klopp is, however he’s a giant character in his personal proper and you’ll really feel the followers’ affection rising by the sport.
Fourteen wins in his first 16 video games, in all competitions, has far exceeded supporters’ expectations.
