The Slot Machine: How Liverpool set up against elite teams – and beat them

“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. …”
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