Liverpool’s Arne Slot Says Manchester United ‘A lot Higher’ Than Premier League Desk Exhibits

Arne Slot says crisis-hit Manchester United are “much, much better” than their stunning place within the Premier League suggests as he prepares his Liverpool staff for a conflict in opposition to their fierce rivals on Sunday. Liverpool are six factors clear on the prime of the Premier League desk — and are scorching favourites to land a twentieth English top-flight crown, which might pull them stage with record-holders United. United, against this, are 14th within the desk after 5 defeats of their previous six league video games underneath new supervisor Ruben Amorim.

But Slot, additionally in his first marketing campaign in England, is adamant he won’t take his opponents evenly at Anfield, when requested if he would possibly relaxation gamers at Friday’s pre-match press convention.

“No, of course I’m not going to plan to rest any player because it’s a big game and I think it’s for me I said it before the first fixture (a 3-0 win at Old Trafford) and I can say it one more time, that they have much better players in my opinion than maybe the league table shows at the moment.

“I feel it is going to take some time perhaps for Ruben Amorim to convey this out of the gamers… however they are going to positively go up and they’re much, a lot, significantly better than the league desk exhibits for the time being.”

The Dutchman said he had sympathy with his rival in the Old Trafford hot seat, who joined United from Portuguese champions Sporting Lisbon in November.

“I feel each supervisor sympathises with each different supervisor, as a result of everyone knows how a lot strain this job brings,” said Slot.

“That’s not totally different for him than for me, or for some other supervisor that works within the Premier League, or someplace else all over the world.”

Slot was asked whether he could categorically state that Liverpool would not let Trent Alexander-Arnold leave in the January transfer window, with the defender heavily linked with a move to Real Madrid.

Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and captain Virgil van Dijk are all out of contract at the end of the season and can now talk to foreign clubs.

Slot said Alexander-Arnold was “totally dedicated” to Liverpool and would be playing on Sunday.

“Hopefully he brings the identical performances as he introduced in for the final half-year, as a result of I feel everyone noticed how nice a primary half of the season he had, how a lot he’s right here, how a lot he needs to win right here,” said Slot.”

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