This Tuesday evening in the Champions League, Liverpool hosts LOSC. The Reds are first in the standings and have only had victories so far in the premier European competitions.
LOSC will have a major challenge this Tuesday evening at Anfield against Liverpool. The Reds are on fire in the Champions League and have not let any points slip away. The Mastiffs are nevertheless confident and certainly have some assets to put forward to achieve a good result in England. Especially since the Reds are starting to doubt the advantages of finishing first in the classification phase of the Champions League. And it's not Liverpool manager Arne Slot who will say the opposite.
Liverpool wary of the new C1 format
Indeed, in recent hours, the Dutchman has expressed his doubts about the advantages of finishing first in the ranking of this new formula. If the prospect of avoiding the play-off box and therefore additional matches is good news, this will not mean the possibility of avoiding behemoths which will go through the play-offs, as is still possible for Real Madrid, Manchester City or even PSG. On this subject, Slot indicated at a press conference: “With this new organization, we believe that first place is the best position. But it's such a strange ranking… for example, if I watch PSG every week, I think they have the most difficult team to play against. They are quite low in the ranking, which does not reflect their quality. So maybe if you finish first you can face them. This is a disadvantage. I don't look at the standings in the sense that if we finish first, we'll probably have the easiest team to play against. It's impossible to tell because of this strange format ». In any case, first place in the standings or not, Liverpool have strong arguments in their favor this season and the transition is going wonderfully well between the Klopp era and that of Slot.
