As Liverpool have begun life under boss Arne Slot pretty fearlessly, the fans are certainly taking well to the start of the new era.
As they now sit on top of the Premier League pile, We’re looking at the prospect of a title race and what fans can expect throughout the season.
As they now sit on top of the Premier League pile, We’re looking at the prospect of a title race and what fans can expect throughout the season.
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00:00Liverpool are now top of the Premier League, obviously results going their way, but they
00:07are winning games when they're not at their best and that's sort of what champions and
00:11league winners have done historically. Is there maybe a title race on for Arne Schlott's
00:16side?
00:17Yeah, a good weekend for Liverpool, Manchester City to open points and Man Utd getting beaten.
00:23Liverpool did their job by going to Bulls and winning 2-1. I mean, it wasn't a spectacular
00:29performance by no means. They had to stick at it, edge it out, missed a big chance for
00:36Dominic Soboslai and they needed the penalty to win the game and these are the Bulls sides
00:43who have had their struggles so far this season. They're at the top of the table and of course
00:50the question is going to come up, can they sustain it from now until May? I think Arne
00:56Schlott's playing that down. He said quite a few times we've only played teams who are
01:02in the bottom half of the table so far. He said that before the Bulls game at the Premier
01:07League press conference. He said Man Utd doesn't expect them to be in the bottom half, he expects
01:12them to be in the top half at least, maybe competing for European places. So that's a
01:20warning and Liverpool have got some big fixtures coming up after the international break. They've
01:25got Chelsea home, Arsenal away, Aston Villa. Maybe that's when Liverpool's title credentials
01:31are going to be tested but I don't think Arne Schlott's gone into the season. I think we can
01:35really challenge for the Premier League title. I don't think any Liverpool supporter has really
01:40because it's still a young squad plus the fact it's a new manager getting his ideas across.
01:48It's a period of acclimatisation. Liverpool back in the Champions League as well, that's another
01:55thing to juggle and the cup competitions, they maybe know that that'll be the one that they need
02:02to go deep in to win a trophy. The Carabao Cup, there are obviously holes in the FA Cup, maybe
02:08they'll be high enough for some sort of success but in terms of the Premier League, it's difficult
02:15when there's a lot being made in Manchester City, Jordan Gates, Newcastle, Rodgeres out for the
02:21season, De Bruyne has his injury issues, Haaland sometimes struggles to stay fit and selling Julian
02:27Alvarez, there's no real replacement for Haaland but how can you back against Pep Guardiola in
02:31Man City? What they've done in Arsenal, there haven't been any real bad signings at Arsenal.
02:38Like I say every season, the aim for Liverpool is to finish in the top four, get back into the
02:46Champions League and then maybe go from there. Certainly that's imperative this season to just
02:53be steady, not get carried away, enjoy the wins when they come but
02:56there will be some hiccups on the way I suspect.