When Sky Sports cut to a break after Liverpool’s 3-0 demolition of Manchester United, the last line stated what all of us were believing: “The Slot Machine has hit the jackpot at Old Trafford.”

But as we have actually seen in all 3 competitive video games this season, Liverpool are creating 7-7-7 each time they pull the deal with.

Inheriting a group from the legend that is Jürgen Klopp appeared like a poisoned chalice to some outsiders, while numerous experts believed that the Reds would require to reconstruct under the brand-new supervisor and anybody being available in would require time to adjust.

It is what we have actually been outlined Erik ten Hag at Man Utd. The Red Devils are obviously a group in shift who require to adjust to the Dutchman’s methods.

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Liverpool under Slot did not require at any time to adjust. They are currently playing Slotball and the post-match interview the brand-new Reds employer showed simply how far ahead tactically Slot is over his compatriot.

If anything, Slot even understands Ten Hag’s group much better than Ten Hag himself.

“Last season they were man marking on the midfield and they had a press with the 7 and 11,” Slot discussed to Sky Sports.

“This season they are more with a 9 and 10 press so they’re more in the 4-4-2 so that’s various obviously I see them in my viewpoint working harder if the ball is being played through them, so they run more.”

What Slot has actually gained from Klopp

Man Utd sure did run a lot and Liverpool sure did play the ball through them, as was evidenced from the beginning and by Ten Hag’s elimination of Casemiro at half-time after being taught a lesson by the Reds midfield.

Slot’s rely on his own gamers to do the job has actually been revealed by Liverpool’s absence of transfer company. The Reds wanted to enter into the marketplace for the ideal gamer at the ideal rate, as revealed by the effort to sign Martin Zubimendi and after that the wise offer for Federico Chiesa, however the team did not require a significant overhaul to play the football the brand-new employer desires.

Before transferring to Merseyside, the 45-year-old evaluated what worked for Klopp and has actually kept a few of the German’s tried-and-tested methods to match his own technique.

“There is not a particular tactical plan in the develop from the back. So we constantly wish to push the challenger high, that’s what Jurgen did, that’s what we attempt to continue,” he discussed.

“Without the ball we always try to press as high as we can and we scored a few goals from a high press.”

Pressing Casemiro showed a masterstroke as the Brazilian made 2 mistakes in the very first half to permit Luis Diaz to make some history at Old Trafford, making sure Slot got his own name in the record books by the time the last whistle was blown.

Liverpool’s protective enhancement under Slot

Anyone who has actually been enjoying Liverpool up until now this season understood this was an outcome the Reds can, specifically under the club’s brand-new mastermind in the dugout.

The gamers themselves absolutely understand that something unique is cooking at Anfield, and it’s not simply the beans at the club’s brand-new coffee shop.

Andrew Robertson has actually been impressed by the brand-new employer, highlighting how they are now more powerful defensively:

“So far the start has been excellent. Everyone has enjoyed learning a new way of playing and trying to implement the manager’s ideas,” Robertson informed the Daily Mail before Liverpool trounced Man Utd.

“We still have that freedom to help our wingers and overlap but defensively we have worked on certain things to hopefully become more defensively secure as a unit. He has left no stone unturned and it is up to us to go out and perform at the weekend.”

Liverpool absolutely carried out precisely as Slot would have hoped versus Man Utd, limiting them to a worthless 3 shots on target and making sure the video game was currently over by half-time.

The efficiency was a Slot masterclass, with Salah declaring later on that Liverpool might have scored 5 or 6.

They may not require 5, 6, or fortunate 7s every match, however in Slot they have the ideal follower to Klopp.