London is a favorite vacationer vacation spot for a lot of holidaymakers, however no one may blame Arne Slot for not being overly keen on the UK’s capital metropolis.
The Dutchman takes his Liverpool aspect to the bustling metropolis by the Thames as soon as extra in the present day because the Premier League champions go up towards West Ham, considered one of simply seven groups sitting under the Reds within the top-flight desk as of Sunday morning.
The Merseysiders romped to a 5-0 victory on their most up-to-date go to to the London Stadium of their remaining fixture of 2024, however in distinction to the impolite state of well being wherein we discovered ourselves again then, we’re now in such a mire that the pinnacle coach’s place has come beneath a lot public scrutiny.
Slot hasn’t loved his visits to London in 2025 (besides one)
When Liverpool claimed a dramatic 2-0 win away to Brentford on 18 January of this 12 months, it was their third success within the capital within the area of a month, with that aforementioned thrashing of the Irons preceded by a 6-3 demolition of Tottenham Hotspur simply earlier than Christmas.
Nonetheless, since Darwin Nunez’s heroics on the Gtech Neighborhood Stadium 10 months in the past, Slot’s Reds have been again to London seven occasions and did not file a victory:
Date
End result
Competitors
16 March
1-2 v Newcastle
Carabao Cup remaining
6 April
2-3 v Fulham
Premier League
4 Might
1-3 v Chelsea
Premier League
10 August
2-2 v Crystal Palace (2-3 pens)
Neighborhood Protect
27 September
1-2 v Crystal Palace
Premier League
4 October
1-2 v Chelsea
Premier League
25 October
2-3 v Brentford
Premier League
Liverpool have to ease their capital pains on Sunday
Liverpool’s current file in London is nightmarish, with six 90-minute defeats and one other loss by way of a penalty shootout on their final seven visits to the capital, and a continuation of that unenviable streak in the present day would heap additional stress on Slot.
A month in the past, West Ham had the worst house file within the Premier League, dropping their first 4 matches on their very own path by an mixture scoreline of 12-2, however they’ve since claimed successive victories in E20 towards Newcastle and Burnley.
Nuno Espirito Santo has overseen a resurgence of late, with the Irons unbeaten in November, and so they may really feel that they’re assembly the Reds on the good time, given the dreadful type of the Premier League champions.
Defeat by two objectives or extra this afternoon would see Liverpool go into December in 14th place within the desk, which’d be nothing wanting embarrassing for Slot’s group after what they achieved final season.
Conversely, a win would propel us to inside a degree of fourth-placed Sunderland, and as torrid as Liverpool’s type has unquestionably been, the concertina-esque nature of the present Premier League standings current LFC with a possibility to leap up a number of positions in a brief area of time.
Three factors in the present day are a should by any means obligatory, whether or not it’s a repeat of our final go to to West Ham or a dramatic stoppage-time intervention harking back to Nunez at Brentford.
