‘If they’re in the mix they’ll be disappointed to not go all the way’ Arne Slot’s Liverpool continue to find ways to remain at top of Premier League pile

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Liverpool’s start to the season was overshadowed by the fact that the boss pointed out there were no real tests for his side after a great start.  So how are the Red’s now progressing after passing a tough run of fixtures and still remaining at the peak of the Premier League standings.

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00:00Looking at Liverpool, the key headline after almost 10 games in the Premier League season

00:07was that they hadn't really played anyone to get a real test of what Arnie Schlott's

00:13doing at the club. He said that himself and then a few games later they've had some real

00:18tests and they've been up to them as well. Are they proving the doubters wrong? They're

00:23looking like the business. Obviously Manchester City lose their unbeaten streak as well. Arsenal

00:30are sort of suffering. Liverpool just seem to be, yes they lost against Nottingham Forest

00:35at Anfield but other than that they've been pretty flawless so far in this Premier League

00:39campaign.

00:40Well that Nottingham Forest defeat isn't actually looking as bad as you might have thought it

00:45would at the time because Nottingham Forest, as we speak, are at the third in the table

00:49flying and Arnie Schlott I think is still a little bit ached by that. Given how dominant

00:54Liverpool were in that game against Forest, you have to take some positives from that

00:59given what's happened. But as you say, after the season restarted following the international

01:06break, this was a massive run of fixtures when you looked at it. The likes of Chelsea,

01:11Arsenal, RB Leipzig in the Champions League and Liverpool haven't lost a game. If only

01:17drops point against Arsenal which, okay Liverpool weren't exactly great but you're going away

01:24to a team that's finished runner-up in the past two seasons. It was always going to be

01:29difficult for Liverpool and they showed the grit and resilience that is required. Chelsea,

01:36they were very good for the most part but the Jackson goal, I can't really remember.

01:42Chelsea had an awful lot of chances. Brighton as well, we know that they're flying and Liverpool

01:48were pretty poor in the first half but you have to give a lot of compliments to Brighton.

01:51But again, Liverpool sorted themselves out at half-time and it almost felt like that

01:56was the day it was announced as Liverpool are managing. At the end, we were broke at

02:00scenes at Anfield and it almost got those fans trying to build up the clock, fist pumps

02:08but Arnold Sloth's piety declined. When you're getting that sort of reaction, that's when

02:16you know that you've sort of been welcomed in and all the doubts have maybe been proved

02:22wrong. As we speak, they've got Bayer Leverkusen in the Champions League, a massive game, these

02:27are German champions. Then Aspen Villa, a lot of Liverpool don't lose those two games

02:31then they're not going to lose many games at all this season are they? Because after

02:39the next break, okay, they've got Manchester City up pretty quickly but Liverpool could

02:44raffle up quite a few points from now between the festive periods and once it hits the halfway

02:50stage I think if Liverpool are banging the mix then I think you'd be disappointed if

02:55they don't go all the way and challenge for the title until the end of the season.

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