Few could have predicted that Arne Slot would have won 10/11 games in his opening season at Liverpool.
If the Anfield-based outfit manages to secure a win against RB Leipzig on Wednesday – he’ll be in dreamland. A Champions League victory would see the Carabao Cup holders win 11 of their first 12 games in 2024/25 – a club record.
There’s hardly any fortune either in the manner in which the Reds have been propelled to the top of the table.
The Dutch head coach has made his new club staunch in defence and still more than exciting enough going forward.
All without having overhauled the side in the summer transfer window. Not that a total overhaul was required, of course, as Ryan Gravenberch can attest to.
Steve McManaman agrees with Rio Ferdinand on Arne Slot
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The change of manner in this iteration of Liverpool Football Club was naturally a topic of conversation in the TNT Sports studio on Wednesday night.
Host Laura Woods turned to Rio Ferdinand and Steve McManaman on Slot’s remarkable start to life in Merseyside.
“There’s a calmness and there’s an assuredness and an authority in the way that he’s come into this club and the way he does his interviews and the way he is around the place,” the former Manchester United defender spoke on TNT Sports.
“That confidence is really spread throughout the team. You can come in and try and change loads of things and say, ‘I’m gonna put my stamp on it immediately’.
“I think he’s embraced a lot of what is already there and added a few tweaks from his own mind. I think that’s key to the way he’s started.”
The ex-England international’s co-pundit was of a like mind on the subject.
There was specific mention of the stylistic and tactical tweaks that have seen Liverpool deviate from Klopp’s tenure.
“I don’t think they press as high as they did under Jurgen Klopp,” the 52-year-old added.
“They like to close the ball down, of course, because…
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Publish date : 2024-10-23 19:46:31
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