Arne Slot envisages “many challenges to return” in Liverpool’s Premier League title race, regardless of his facet transferring 5 factors clear on the prime of the desk with victory on Saturday.
The Reds capitalised on Manchester Metropolis’s slip at Brighton by taking all three factors in a 2-0 win over Aston Villa to determine respiration house on the summit.
Darwin Nunez gave the hosts the lead at Anfield as he capitalised after a fast counter, earlier than Mohamed Salah did the identical six minutes from time to safe all three factors.
Whereas Slot was happy by the result, he’s conscious the cushion on the prime doesn’t assure a easy run of their title problem.
“It wasn’t straightforward, like most of our video games have been now,” he advised TNT Sport. “Aston Villa had been perhaps not as aggressive as we thought they’d be.
“We had been affected person. One factor they’re excellent at is set-pieces. On the whole, we had management over the sport and scored from two counter-attacks, which is perhaps not what we might count on.
“If I take a look at the video games which might be forward, they’re robust. It is going to be a tricky season generally. Margins are small, we’ve got a margin, however it’s small. [There are] many challenges to return for us.”
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Slot has acquired off to a effective begin since succeeding Jurgen Klopp as supervisor firstly of the season, as he turned simply the fourth supervisor to win as many as 9 of his first 11 Premier League video games in cost, after John Gregory, Guus Hiddink, and Carlo Ancelotti.
Liverpool now have 28 factors within the league. They’ve solely beforehand equalled this complete as soon as after 11 video games, of their title-winning season of 2019-20 (31).
Equally, no supervisor has ever gained extra factors from their first 11 video games within the competitors than Slot. The Dutchman is just not involved by totals or margins, nonetheless, together with his focus remaining on the philosophy he desires to instil at Anfield.
“As a supervisor, if you happen to come into a brand new membership, you don’t take into consideration what number of factors after what number of video games,” he advised BBC Match of the Day. “You concentrate on altering the type or maintaining it because it was.
“To vary the type, it’s a must to do loads of issues on the coaching floor and in conferences. The one factor I’ve thought of is tips on how to implement the enjoying type, and the way to ensure the gamers hold working as exhausting as they’ll.”
