Arne Slot and Pep Guardiola. (Pictures by Naomi Baker/Getty Photographs & Dan Istitene/Getty Photographs).
Arne Slot believes it’s an ‘fascinating time’ for his Liverpool aspect to be dealing with Manchester Metropolis, however will not be underestimating the Premier League champions.
The Reds welcome Metropolis to Anfield stuffed with confidence after beating Actual Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday; a end result 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 dropping streak. The latter was solely ended by a 3-3 draw in opposition to Slot’s former membership, Feyenoord, that noticed Metropolis concede three targets within the last 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. Actually, one other win would see the Reds transfer 11 factors away from Metropolis on the prime of the Premier League desk.
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Regardless of the obvious mismatch, Slot nonetheless holds an immense quantity of respect for Metropolis, who he maintains are the very best group in England and can’t be underestimated.
“I wish to welcome Pep Guardiola, his employees and the gamers and supporters of Manchester Metropolis to Anfield. By way of trophies received, there isn’t any query that Metropolis have been a dominant drive in English soccer for a number of seasons. Sure, they’re our rivals, however even inside this rivalry we will undoubtedly discover room to respect their achievements and qualities,” Slot wrote in his matchday programme notes.
“It’s an fascinating time to play Metropolis as a result of so many are questioning them in the meanwhile. I’m not certainly one of them. This isn’t to disregard their current outcomes, as a result of clearly they haven’t been of the standard normal, however Metropolis nonetheless have among the best managers on the earth – if not the very best supervisor on the earth – quite a few top-class gamers and a tradition of success, which suggests they can’t be written off even in occasions of adversity.
“To be very clear, they continue to be among the best sides not solely on this nation but additionally on the earth and now we have 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 information that our efficiency must be nearly as good, if not even higher, than it was on Wednesday night time.”
