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Despite their strong start to the 2024-25 season, Tsimikas says Liverpool must improve across the board to achieve their goals.
Liverpool’s start to the 2024-25 season, the first for the Reds following the departure of legendary manager Jürgen Klopp and the arrival of Arne Slot to take over from him as first team head coach, has been a massive success.
In the Premier League they’re 7-1-1 for 22 points, one back of Manchester City in first. In the Champions League they’re one of just two sides to have won their first three league phase games. And they face Brighton in Round of 16 of the League Cup on Wednesday.
The focus for the team now, then, is on building on that strong start, working hard, and avoiding any kind of complacency. And as Kostas Tsimikas sees it, that means improving across the board despite the success to date.
“I think we have to improve in every department every day if we want to be successful,” the left back told the club’s official website ahead of Wednesday’s cup tie. “My opinion is that we are in the right way [but] I think we have to improve in every department.
“If we want to win football matches, always we have to improve to play better if we want to achieve our goals. I think the future will be hard, as the start has been. I think everybody is ready for these challenges. We have to go for it.”
The challenges, as it should be for a club like Liverpool, are winning titles and trophies. It’s maybe not what many were calling for pre-season given the managerial change, with top four and perhaps a domestic cup where most expectations capped out.
Given the quality of the squad and the success they’ve had under Slot, though, it’s hard not to dial up the hope on the goals front by at least a notch or two to a legitimate title push in the Premier League and a deep run in Europe.
Following their mid-week cup tie at Brighton, Liverpool face off against the same opponents at Anfield in the league on the weekend before returning to European action against Bayer Leverkusen then face Aston Villa before the November international break.
