Liverpool’s current focus: Should they prioritise Premier League title?

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Arne Slot faces the challenge of maintaining the team’s competitive edge. Given Liverpool’s recent near-misses in the Premier League, Slot should prioritise winning the title. While European success is always tempting, reclaiming domestic dominance would cement his credibility early on and set the foundation for future glory.

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00:00high-pressured running where every goal, every result really has that bit of pressure around

00:07it now for Arnish's side. It's all credit to them to have worked so hard and played

00:13so well to get to this situation where they are still alive in the competitions, obviously

00:20albeit the FA Cup. But in terms of the Champions League, Premier League, that sort of debate,

00:26debacle between the fans, what they'd prefer, what they'd rather go and win. If they can't

00:31win both of them, of course, which obviously is a possibility. Do you feel they should go

00:37all out for the Premier League title with that factor of not winning it for so long,

00:43then winning it with no fans in the ground? They've won the Champions League since,

00:48of course, with their fans. What's your thoughts on where they should

00:52really put their eggs into which basket come this end of the season?

00:57I think there is maybe a little bit of a case to be made. Now, I don't think Arnish Slott would

01:03take that on board because when Liverpool went off the FA Cup, he was absolutely fuming.

01:11He wasn't in his mannerisms after the game, but the language he was using, he basically said

01:16these players were good enough to go and win that game. He saw that as a way to get the fringe

01:21players minutes. He'll see, like a lot of managers, winning breeds confidence and you

01:29want to win as many games as possible and keep the ball rolling. But as you say, the Premier

01:36League, they're in the driving seat now, very much so. We speak the seven points clear and

01:41it's theirs to lose. Where's the Champions League? It's going to be difficult. It looks like it's

01:48going to be PSG or Benfica. If you play PSG, that's a very, very difficult two legs. How much

01:54is that going to take out of Liverpool? The additional risk of injuries then you've got,

02:00and then let's not forget that Liverpool have got the Carabao Cup final against Newcastle next

02:05month. That's a game that all fans will want to win. So, as you say, the Premier League title,

02:11it's the one that there's still a little bit of a sour taste in fans' minds just because of what

02:18happened last time. It still gets bandied around as such as the COVID title. But yeah, they didn't

02:25get to celebrate that one properly and they've come so close a couple of times with City. They

02:32ranked City close in 22-23 and they were in it until the latter stages of last season.

02:39So, I dare say there might be some fans who think, let's get off the Champions League. But

02:44another thing with the Champions League is it brings a lot of revenue into the club and Liverpool

02:48lost out on that revenue last season being in the Europa League. So, that's something else you've

02:53got to factor in. But I don't think Arnaslott will be giving up on either competition, definitely.

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