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Arne Slot and Pep Guardiola. (Images by Naomi Baker/Getty Pictures & Dan Istitene/Getty Pictures).
Arne Slot believes it’s an ‘attention-grabbing time’ for his Liverpool aspect to be going through Manchester Metropolis, however is just not underestimating the Premier League champions.
The Reds welcome Metropolis to Anfield filled with confidence after beating Actual Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday; a outcome that extends Slot’s document to 17 wins and only one defeat from his first 19 video games as Liverpool boss.
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Issues couldn’t be extra contrasted for Metropolis, who’re on an unprecedented six-game winless run that included a five-game shedding streak. The latter was solely ended by a 3-3 draw towards Slot’s former membership, Feyenoord, that noticed Metropolis concede three objectives within the remaining quarter-hour to blow a 3-0 lead.
With all that in thoughts, it’s no shock to see Liverpool made large favourites by most on Sunday. The truth is, one other win would see the Reds transfer 11 factors away from Metropolis on the prime of the Premier League desk.
Arne Slot addresses Man Metropolis hunch
Arne Slot pictured throughout Liverpool’s win over Actual Madrid. (Photograph by Justin Setterfield/Getty Pictures)
Regardless of the obvious mismatch, Slot nonetheless holds an immense quantity of respect for Metropolis, who he maintains are one of the best crew in England and can’t be underestimated.
“I wish to welcome Pep Guardiola, his workers and the gamers and supporters of Manchester Metropolis to Anfield. By way of trophies gained, there isn’t any query that Metropolis have been a dominant pressure in English soccer for a number of seasons. Sure, they’re our rivals, however even inside this rivalry we will positively discover room to respect their achievements and qualities,” Slot wrote in his matchday programme notes.
“It’s an attention-grabbing time to play Metropolis as a result of so many are questioning them for the time being. I’m not one in all them. This isn’t to disregard their current outcomes, as a result of clearly they haven’t been of the same old customary, however Metropolis nonetheless have probably the greatest managers on this planet – if not one of the best supervisor on this planet – quite a few top-class gamers and a tradition of success, which implies they can’t be written off even in instances of adversity.
“To be very clear, they continue to be probably the greatest sides not solely on this nation but in addition on this planet and we’ve ready for this fixture on that foundation. After all, we get to take our personal perception into the sport and we will certainly try this, however we additionally arrive with the data that our efficiency must be nearly as good, if not even higher, than it was on Wednesday evening.”
