Liverpool manager Arne Slot warned his team against complacency despite their position at the top of the Premier League, using Chelsea’s surprise 0-0 draw against Everton as a prime example of the obstacles that exist. in every game.
The Reds have tended to start slowly under Slot (only one of his first seven Premier League goals in December was scored in the first half), but He hit Tottenham Hotspur on Sunday night.. With a deserved 2-0 lead heading into the break, Liverpool conceded a sloppy goal from James Maddison in the 41st minute.
Dominik Szoboszlai restored LiverpoolA two-goal lead in first-half stoppage time and Mohamed Salah scored a quickfire brace to make it 5-1 on the hour, but the Merseyside side let Spurs get back into the game. Luis Díaz made it 6-3 in the closing stages of a largely one-sided performance, but Slot was not entirely impressed.
“For 60 minutes we did everything we had to do,” highlighted the Dutch coach. “We were comfortable and good with the ball, but the main thing is that we worked very, very hard. And then the same players with the same quality thought that 10 or 15 minutes without working hard was enough.”
Slot continued: “You know as well as I do, having won the league once, how difficult it is to win it. You have to keep going every three days. You have to be on top of your game every minute of the game.
“That’s why it’s so difficult to win it, because it’s not so easy to show up every three or four days. As you see last week, at one point you can get a red card. These things can happen in a season. in Newcastle“We’re 3-2 up and you expect to win but we lose two points.”
Liverpool’s victory over Spurs gives them a four-point lead at the top of the table. first division tablebut they could have started their trip to north London in second place had Chelsea beaten Everton on Sunday afternoon. In reality, the Blues were subject to a frustrating tiewhich Slot used to support his argument.
“This is the Premier League,” reflected the Liverpool manager. “I didn’t expect Chelsea to drop points today too, so it can happen in every game and that’s what makes this league so special. That’s why people want to watch it and that’s why we play at Christmas.”
