Liverpool have a troublesome eight fixtures within the Champions League to navigate if they’re to progress to the knockouts, and Arne Slot acknowledges it’s equally “difficult” and “thrilling.”
The Champions League draw befell on Thursday and provided us a primary take a look at how the brand new format will play out when it will get underway subsequent month.
Liverpool acquired a troublesome draw and can face Leipzig (A), Actual Madrid (H), Bayer Leverkusen (H), AC Milan (A), Lille (H), PSV (A), Bologna (H) and Girona (A).
The notable headline fixtures embrace the go to of Actual Madrid and Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen, however Slot is aware of development is simply as depending on outcomes elsewhere.
Chatting with the membership’s official web site after the draw, the Dutchman mentioned: “The very first thing to say is it’s a very difficult draw but additionally a really thrilling one.
“And extra vital than something, we’re a part of it – which implies there’s a lot to sit up for and in addition lots of work to be accomplished.”
Leverkusen and Actual usually are not the one home champions on Liverpool’s fixture listing, however Slot is just not tempted to look too far forward.
He continued: “There can be lots of concentrate on the fixture in opposition to Actual Madrid at Anfield, and rightly so as a result of they’re the holders of the competitors.
“However on the identical time, there may be a lot high quality amongst our different opponents that we’ll unfold our consideration evenly and take every sport because it comes.
“PSV are a group I do know very well, in fact, and – like Bayer Leverkusen – they’re champions of their very own nation, so the usual could be very clear and it runs by means of the entire golf equipment that we’ll face.
? Ideas on the draw then, Reds?
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“I might discuss every of them and what they’ll carry, however the time to do this is when the fixtures come round.
“For now, we’ll look ahead and, as I mentioned, maintain working as a result of there are lots of video games to come back within the Premier League and within the Champions League, and the one option to method them is separately.”
The Reds have confronted six of their opponents previously, however this would be the first time they meet Bologna and Girona in a aggressive setting – which supporters will definitely embrace.
The competitors will get underway subsequent month, and we’ll discover out the order of the video games on Saturday, so supporters should not have to attend too lengthy to get their journey plans so as.
