Arne Slot pictured throughout Liverpool’s win over Actual Madrid. (Picture by Justin Setterfield/Getty Pictures)
Liverpool boss Arne Slot believes Actual Madrid stay the ‘greatest group in Europe’ proper now.
Slot’s feedback come simply days after his aspect beat Los Blancos 2-0 within the Champions League, with the Reds outplaying the Spanish giants from begin to end.
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Second-half targets from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo gave Liverpool the win on one other memorable European evening at Anfield.
The end result ends an eight-game winless run in opposition to Actual Madrid for Liverpool, who’re prime of the Champions League desk with an ideal report after 5 video games.
After all, Liverpool are additionally prime of the Premier League desk and have the prospect to open up an 11-point hole over reigning champions Manchester Metropolis after they meet at Anfield on Sunday.
Arne Slot names Actual Madrid Europe’s greatest
There are lots of causes proper now to call Liverpool as the perfect group in Europe.
However Slot nonetheless believes that mantle belongs to Actual Madrid for so long as they continue to be Champions League holders.
“To defeat a group like Actual Madrid so many issues have to come back collectively – the efficiency of the gamers, the ambiance created by the gang, the preparation, the will. It was all there,” Slot wrote in his matchday programme notes forward of the Man Metropolis conflict.
He continued: “This isn’t to say it was good, as a result of as a coach you’re all the time striving for a perfection that may not even exist, however the entire components you’ll need had been in place.
“I appreciated a whole lot of what I noticed. Once more, not the whole lot, however lots. One of many issues I appreciated most was that everybody from gamers to supporters noticed the victory for what it was and that’s one other step ahead on the street to the place we need to be. This isn’t to play the win down or to make it much less necessary.
“However as I mentioned afterwards, it was a group-stage win and never a victory within the later levels or the ultimate. After all, we are able to get pleasure from it and we did get pleasure from it, however we all know additionally that there’s nonetheless work to be performed.
“It’s also price remembering that Actual stay the perfect group in Europe. They gained the Champions League final June and this makes them holders.”