Arne Slot and Pep Guardiola. (Pictures by Naomi Baker/Getty Pictures & Dan Istitene/Getty Pictures).
Arne Slot believes it’s an ‘fascinating time’ for his Liverpool facet to be going through Manchester Metropolis, however just isn’t underestimating the Premier League champions.
The Reds welcome Metropolis to Anfield filled with confidence after beating Actual Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday; a end result that extends Slot’s file 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 last quarter-hour to blow a 3-0 lead.
With all that in thoughts, it’s no shock to see Liverpool made huge favourites by most on Sunday. The truth is, one other win would see the Reds transfer 11 factors away from Metropolis on the high 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 perfect 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 gained, there isn’t any query that Metropolis have been a dominant power in English soccer for a number of seasons. Sure, they’re our rivals, however even inside this rivalry we are able to 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 one in every of them. This isn’t to disregard their current outcomes, as a result of clearly they haven’t been of the standard commonplace, however Metropolis nonetheless have probably the greatest managers on the earth – if not the perfect supervisor on the earth – 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 additionally on the earth and we have now ready for this fixture on that foundation. In fact, we get to take our personal perception into the sport and we will certainly do this, however we additionally arrive with the data that our efficiency should be pretty much as good, if not even higher, than it was on Wednesday night time.”
