Liverpool boss Arne Slot has warned the remainder of the Premier League and Europe’s elite that his facet will solely get higher because the season reaches its climax.
Based mostly upon the 4-0 drubbing the Reds dished out to Tottenham Hotspur in Thursday’s Carabao Cup semi-final second leg, there does not instantly appear to be a lot room for enchancment.
The Merseyside giants shall be favourites for that impending showpiece towards Newcastle United, stay within the FA Cup and boast the perfect document on this season’s Premier League and Champions League. Nevertheless, Slot is adamant that the perfect is but to return for his all-conquering outfit.
“There are two the reason why we turn into stronger,” the Dutch coach informed his post-match press convention on Thursday night time. “To start with, if you happen to play extra typically collectively you recognize higher what is anticipated. So the primary time I inform them the way to carry the ball out from the again towards a 7-Sept. 11 press, they had been perhaps like: ‘OK.’ However the extra occasions you face them, the extra it turns into pure for you.
“The extra video games you play, the extra crew conferences you will have, the extra coaching periods you will have, the higher they know what we count on from them and what to anticipate from one another.
“Second of all, I consider in the truth that the extra video games you play the bodily stronger you turn into. Some folks suppose you get drained however so long as you handle it nicely, the gamers will get stronger by enjoying quite a lot of video games as a substitute of getting drained.”
Liverpool’s solely senior damage absentee is Trent Alexander-Arnold – though the right-back has a pure substitute within the type of Conor Bradley and is anticipated to be match throughout the coming days.
Slot had the luxurious of bringing on his World Cup-winning midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, potent striker Diogo Jota, the youthful promise of Harvey Elliott and Luis Diaz – arguably Liverpool’s second-best participant this season behind Mohamed Salah.
When quizzed on the potential of pulling off an unprecedented quadruple, Slot shrugged: “We’re in an excellent place. I am not simply speaking in regards to the outcomes, however the gamers are match and prepared.
“We’re in a very good place however we additionally understand how lengthy the season nonetheless is and what number of troublesome challenges there’ll nonetheless be for us.
“I am not anticipating us to win each sport like we did yesterday [4-0 against Tottenham], however that can also be not what I ask of them. We simply attempt to do every thing to win each single soccer match.”
The remainder of the footballing world has been warned.
