Shaun Wright-Phillips has been blown away by Arne Slot’s outstanding begin as Liverpool head coach.
Slot took over forward of the season following Jurgen Klopp’s departure.
Having loved success at Feyenoord, Slot has hit the bottom operating at Anfield.
He has misplaced only one recreation up to now, with Liverpool main the Premier League by 9 factors, whereas they’re prime of the Champions League standings with an ideal document and are into the EFL Cup quarter-finals.
Slot’s Reds are averaging 2.3 targets per recreation, whereas conceding simply 0.6 on common, and former England worldwide Wright-Phillips has been vastly impressed.
“I don’t suppose I’ve [seen such a strong start]. He’s performed tremendously nicely in so many phases of the sport,” Wright-Phillips advised Stats Carry out.
“In the event you consider Klopp’s type — high-risk, high-energy soccer — Slot hasn’t modified an excessive amount of however doesn’t threat the ball as a lot.
“They nonetheless play the same direct type, as we noticed in opposition to Metropolis. It appeared like they went direct extra typically than in earlier video games.
“He appears to have a terrific deal with on it. It’ll be fascinating to see how they bounce again after the Christmas interval, which can be robust with Champions League video games and back-to-back Premier League fixtures.
“He might not be used to taking part in that often, so it’ll be fascinating to see how he handles this era.”
Liverpool are 9 factors clear on the prime of the Premier League, which is their largest lead within the competitors since they received the title within the 2019-20 season.
In line with the Opta supercomputer, the Reds now have an 83.7% probability of occurring to win the title.
