Arne Slot has made an unbelievable begin at Liverpool. (Picture by Carl Recine/Getty Photos)
The unbelievable begin to the 2024/25 marketing campaign continued for Liverpool on Tuesday evening as Arne Slot’s workforce hammered Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 at Anfield to stay excellent on this season’s Champions League.
The German champions had been anticipated to supply the Reds with an enormous take a look at, nonetheless, Liverpool steamrolled the Bundesliga outfit within the second half courtesy of a Luis Diaz hattrick and a Cody Gakpo aim.
The Dutch ahead’s aim performed a pivotal function within the win because it gave the Premier League membership a two-goal cushion and in addition stored momentum on their aspect.
Cody Gakpo celebrates Liverpool aim vs Bayer Leverkusen. (Picture by Carl Recine/Getty Photos)
Following the conflict, former Liverpool star and pundit Neil Mellor noticed that this aim wouldn’t have occurred had it not been for some unbelievable refereeing from Dutch official Danny Makkelie.
The linesman made an offside name towards Bayer Leverkusen however noticing Liverpool beginning a counter-attack, Makkelie allowed Slot’s males to proceed taking part in which resulted within the Reds working the ball up the pitch to attain.
It was a key second within the match and this little bit of officiating deserves to be applauded as followers don’t typically give referees the respect they deserve when making sensible calls corresponding to this.
Large credit score to the referee final evening… performed an excellent benefit as a substitute of blowing for offside – Liverpool go straight down the opposite finish and rating the 2nd aim? #Ref #benefit #LFC #ChampionsLeague #ReviewShow pic.twitter.com/oNil0ua4O3
— Neil Mellor (@NeilMellor33) November 6, 2024
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Liverpool proceed to shine beneath Arne Slot
Final evening’s victory for Liverpool despatched them to the highest of the Champions League desk because the Merseyside membership have received all 4 of their matches within the competitors.
That is along with the Reds sitting in first place within the Premier League, which is past what each fan of the membership would have anticipated following the departure of Jurgen Klopp on the finish of final season.
Slot’s begin at Anfield is the perfect of any supervisor within the membership’s historical past and given the struggles of Man Metropolis, Arsenal and Actual Madrid up to now this season, Liverpool can’t be dominated out of profitable the key trophies, regardless of it being the Dutch coach’s first season.