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 group.
The brand new coach has launched a few of his personal concepts on the right way to play with and with out the ball, however at their core, Liverpool are nonetheless the highly effective facet they had 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, once they had been 5 factors forward of Man Metropolis.
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Chatting with media together with the Mail, Slot stated: “There’s at all times one thing to be taught from historical past or from latest years, however it’s a distinct competitor this time, it’s a distinct group now we have.
“So this group, only some of them had been concerned within the title race with Metropolis (earlier than final season).
“I feel for essentially the most half it’s a group that hasn’t skilled that but. So there could be one or two issues to be taught, however typically I feel it’s a brand new season with new gamers, you possibly can’t evaluate.
“I don’t know which group 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 discovered one thing from it. We do speak about that on occasion, however not a lot.”
Regardless of the similarities to final season as Liverpool struggle on a number of fronts, Slot stated he hadn’t mentioned managing the run-in along with his predecessor.
The pinnacle coach added: “No, we haven’t spoken about [managing a title race]. He’s solely principally given a variety of compliments after a sport. I can speak to Jurgen, I’ve skilled it.
“Just one time when Liverpool received 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 very least equally as able to dropping factors as Liverpool are.
