Liverpool manager Arne Slott has warned his side against complacency, despite their position at the top of the Premier League, using Chelsea's shock 0-0 draw against Everton as a prime example of the dangers that exist in every match.
The Reds had tended to be a slow-starting side under Slott – just one of his opening seven goals in the Premier League in December was scored in the first half – but they In the Tottenham Hotspur match on Sunday evening. Liverpool led 2-0 before the end of the first half, and Liverpool conceded an easy goal from James Maddison in the 41st minute.
Dominik Szoboszlai has been restored LiverpoolThe Merseyside side took a two-goal lead in first-half stoppage time and Mohamed Salah scored a quick brace to make it 5-1 after the hour mark, but the Merseyside side allowed Tottenham to get back into the game. Luis Diaz made it 6-3 In the closing stages of a largely one-sided performance, but Slott wasn't entirely impressed.
The Dutch coach noted: “Over the course of 60 minutes, we did everything we had to do.” “We were comfortable and good with the ball, but the main thing was that we worked very hard. And then the same players who were just as good thought that 10 to 15 minutes of not working hard was good enough.”
Slott continued: “You know as well as I do – having won the league once – how difficult it is to win it. You have to keep progressing every three days. You have to be at the top of your game every three days. Minute of the game.
“That's why it's so difficult to win it, because it's not easy to show up every three or four days. As you saw last week, in one moment you can get a red card. These things can happen in one season. In Newcastle“We are 3-2 ahead and you expect to win, but we dropped two points.”
Liverpool's win over Tottenham gives them a four-point lead at the top of the league Premier League tableBut they could have started their trip to north London in second place had Chelsea beaten Everton on Sunday afternoon. In fact, the Blues were held to A.J Frustrating drawingWhich Slote used to support his argument.
“This is the Premier League,” said the Liverpool manager. “I didn't expect Chelsea to drop points today either, so it can happen in every game, and that's what makes this league so special. That's why people want to see it and that's why we play at Christmas time.”
