Liverpool Captain Virgil Van Dijk has hailed manager Arne Slot’s impact at the club after his stunning start to life continued with an impressive 2-0 win over Manchester City on Sunday.
Slot joined Liverpool from Feyenoord in the summer to replace German Jurgen Klopp and has made what was supposed to be a difficult task look very perfect.
“I think the step from, with all respect, the Dutch league to the Premier League is a big one in terms of being a player but for a manager it is exactly the same.
He has done very well so far and he has, in my opinion, inherited a very good squad not only as football players but as human beings – guys who will go to war for each other – and I think he has been so far so good”, the Liverpool Captain said.
The 33-year old who is out of contract in the summer expressed that satisfaction with the playing style of the new coach which has been successful so far.
Slot has won 90% of his games as Liverpool boss with convincing victories over the Champions of Germany, England and Europe.
“It was always going to be difficult to replace Jürgen for everything he did for us, as players and for the club. But he has done it his own way together with the staff, and made sure we have the quality to improve and win games.
He makes sure we keep working, are not satisfied and focus on what is ahead of us next and keep improving. You see the patterns we try to do, you see we can change in games or at half-time and it’s obviously a big credit to him”, he continued.
Liverpool are top of the UEFA Champions League with five wins from five and are nine points ahead of second-placed Arsenal in the English Premier League.
They travel to St. James Park to face Newcastle United on Wednesday hoping to continue their brilliant start to the season.
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