Why Arne Slot’s Liverpool still have a lot to learn from each other – Rafa Benítez

We still don’t know how this Liverpool side will react to adversity under Slot, but I’m impressed by what I’ve seen so far.

Just because they haven’t trailed for long in any of their matches doesn’t mean they haven’t reacted and changed things during them.

As well as watching them against Chelsea in MOTD2 last weekend, I was at the San Siro as a UEFA technical observer to watch their Champions League victory over AC Milan in September. On both occasions they were very competitive.

They have been playing with great intensity all these years under Jurgen Klopp and it is very difficult to change that immediately. Also, as Slot himself has said, it would be crazy to change it immediately.

So he keeps the good things that Klopp had and at the same time gives them a bit of defensive balance and organisation, allowing him to change his approach when he needs to.

Against Chelsea they fell a little more, but they can still press high. Likewise, they can make penetrating passes forward, or they can use the wide areas and attack with overlapping wingers.

Slot is to give the team more tools to ensure that it can react and adapt depending on the opponent, or so that it can impose its own way of playing, because if it is much better than the other team it can control possession in the opponent’s half. , and try to find ways to create opportunities.

Overall, I think they have more balance and if they can continue to be a threat in attack then we have already seen that they don’t concede too many goals. If we put all this together, we will see that it is the key to success.

They are definitely on the right track and in a good place heading into the Emirates on Sunday. Beating Arsenal will be a good challenge and a difficult test, but I think they have the conviction that they can do it and that is the main thing.