The Slot Machine: How Liverpool set up against elite teams – and beat them
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“It was the elephant in the room that Arne Slot went out of his way to address. Up until the last international break, Liverpool’s head coach repeatedly referenced the kind early-season schedule when assessing his team’s start. The run of fixtures from the October break to this international window was meant to give a clearer indication of where expectation levels should be set. Premier League matches against Chelsea, Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion and Aston Villa were broken up by Champions League fixtures versus RB Leipzig and Bayer Leverkusen, with a trip to Brighton in the Carabao Cup squeezed in. …”
NY Times/The Athletic