Arne Slot says Pep Guardiola is one of the best supervisor on the planet regardless of Manchester Metropolis’s current struggles.
Liverpool welcome the Premier League champions to Anfield on Sunday as they give the impression of being to go 11 factors clear heading right into a busy December.
Metropolis made the headlines once more on Tuesday after they forfeited a 3-0 lead towards Feyenoord, drawing 3-3 on the Etihad.
In the meantime, Slot’s males dispatched of Actual Madrid on Wednesday evening, setting them up as heavy favourites for the eagerly-anticipated showdown on Merseyside.
Talking in his pre-match press convention, Slot stated: “All people is their outcomes however for those who face them, you analyse it.
“They had been 1-0 up towards Brighton and will have scored one or two extra.
“They might have been two or three objectives up towards Tottenham and towards Feyenoord – that has not occurred many occasions.
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“They’re nonetheless a really, superb group and one of many the reason why I feel Pep Guardiola is among the greatest managers on the planet – I feel he’s one of the best – he all the time comes up with options for his issues.
“Everyone knows he’ll give you an answer however hopefully after Sunday.”
Slot added some excellent news for Liverpool followers to the press convention, revealing that Trent Alexander-Arnold is match to start out, though he could not following Conor Bradley’s Man of the Match efficiency towards Los Blancos.
Caoimhin Kelleher was additionally on high kind as soon as once more in midweek, and Slot was requested concerning the Irishman’s future on the membership with Giorgi Mamardashvili set to reach subsequent summer season.
He added: “I’m anticipating each participant desires to be the primary, not solely within the goalkeeper place however in each place.
“It’s all the time as much as the participant if he can settle for his position and from this second, from the beginning of the season till now, Caoimhin has accepted his in an important method, each when he did and didn’t play.
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“It’s far too early to say what can occur subsequent season. I need each participant to need to play each recreation.
“It’s fully regular for him and all of the others however then it’s all the time concerning the angle once you don’t play and that has been excellent.
“They need to have the eagerness to play but when they don’t, they must act in a traditional approach and that’s what all of them do in the intervening time.”