Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot cautioned in opposition to complacency regardless of his aspect opening up an 11-point lead within the Premier League with Sunday’s 2-0 win at Manchester Metropolis.
Liverpool are on 64 factors from 27 matches, with second-placed Arsenal, who’ve performed a recreation much less, on 53 factors after Saturday’s 1-0 house loss to West Ham United.
“In each different league, having a lead like this could be very comfy, apart from this one,” Slot instructed reporters on Sunday.
Each recreation introduced the potential for a slip-up, he mentioned, pointing to Liverpool’s troublesome 2-1 house win in opposition to relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderers final week.
“We’re in place however we additionally understand how laborious it’s to play in opposition to Wolves,” he added.
Slot expects one other robust recreation on Wednesday in opposition to fifth-placed Newcastle United, who drew with Liverpool in December and are coming off a 4-3 win over Nottingham Forest.
“Now we play Newcastle, we performed 3-3 over there, which for my part was additionally outcome … however we additionally skilled how troublesome that one is,” he mentioned.
“We work each single day to realize this and it’s three months of very laborious work to take care of this. There isn’t any secret. We’re 11 factors clear however Arsenal has one recreation in hand.”
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