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Liverpool prepare for their third test in the Champions League with a difficult away day at Bundesliga co-leaders RB Leipzig.
Liverpool prepare for their third test of the new-look Champions League league phase when Arne Slot’s Reds take on RB Leipzig with two wins already secured and a chance to stay in the top slots that would ensure a bye in the first knockout round in the new year.
Similar to in the Premier League, though, where Liverpool beat Chelsea on the weekend and are top of the table after eight rounds, the manager doesn’t want to get ahead of himself, insisting there’s room for improvement for his side on the performance front.
“You can’t ask for much more when it comes to results, but when it comes to what we want there is always room for improvement,” Slot noted. “I don’t think we outplayed Chelsea. I think they were more dominant than us with the ball, so we are not there yet.
“But the good thing about this team and about our result was that if you face a team like Chelsea or Man Utd—because we had difficult moments in the United game as well—was that you see a team that is fighting for every every moment that can be decisive.
“That’s what we showed. I am hoping in the future, hopefully in the near future, we play a difficult game like the Milan game or the United game, that we are more dominant than we were against Chelsea, but that probably says a lot about Chelsea as well.”
While there might still be room for Liverpool to improve their performances, Nottingham Forest aside Slot’s Reds have passed every test so far this season and the underlying numbers suggest first in the Premier League is very much where they deserve to be.
If they can now pass the Leipzig test—and then Arsenal in the league on the weekend—while continuing to work towards the manager’s goals of better, more consistent tactical execution, then the hype around this side this season will really start to grow.
