Shaun Wright-Phillips has been blown away by Arne Slot’s exceptional begin as Liverpool head coach.
Slot took over forward of the season following Jurgen Klopp’s departure.
Having loved success at Feyenoord, Slot has hit the bottom operating at Anfield.
He has misplaced only one recreation to date, with Liverpool main the Premier League by 9 factors, whereas they’re high of the Champions League standings with an ideal report and are into the EFL Cup quarter-finals.
Slot’s Reds are averaging 2.3 objectives per recreation, whereas conceding simply 0.6 on common, and former England worldwide Wright-Phillips has been massively impressed.
“I don’t suppose I’ve [seen such a strong start]. He’s carried out tremendously effectively in so many phases of the sport,” Wright-Phillips advised Stats Carry out.
“If you happen to consider Klopp’s fashion — high-risk, high-energy soccer — Slot hasn’t modified an excessive amount of however doesn’t danger the ball as a lot.
“They nonetheless play an identical direct fashion, as we noticed in opposition to Metropolis. It appeared like they went direct extra typically than in earlier video games.
“He appears to have an excellent deal with on it. It’ll be attention-grabbing to see how they bounce again after the Christmas interval, which will probably be powerful with Champions League video games and back-to-back Premier League fixtures.
“He might not be used to taking part in that recurrently, so it’ll be attention-grabbing to see how he handles this era.”
Liverpool are 9 factors clear on the high of the Premier League, which is their largest lead within the competitors since they gained the title within the 2019-20 season.
In keeping with the Opta supercomputer, the Reds now have an 83.7% probability of occurring to win the title.
