Manchester United players are “much better than the current ranking shows”, Liverpool coach Arne Slot warned on Friday, two days before receiving the fourteenth in the Premier League.
The “Reds” occupy the lead in the championship before the 20th day, with 23 points more than their next visitors, having also fought a game less.
At a press conference, Slot was asked if he planned to take advantage of the arrival of “fourteenth” of the Premier League, “one of the worst teams Manchester United has ever had”, to rest some players.
“That’s a strange question,” he replied after a laugh. ” No. Of course, I don’t intend to rest any players, it’s an important match.” added the Dutchman.
“In my opinion, they have much better players than the championship rankings indicate at the moment,” he continued, noting that“It may take a little time for Ruben Amorim to bring out the qualities of his players, but it is certain that the team will gain strength. And they are much, much better than the current rankings show.”
Successor to Jürgen Klopp since last summer, Slot had an almost perfect start to his first half of the season. The start is much more sluggish for Amorim, who arrived from Sporting Portugal in November.
“He (Amorim) was very good at Sporting. And again, I think he’s got a good group of players and he’ll eventually get the best out of them.”a developed slot machine.
Manchester United notably lost five of their last six Premier League matches before coming to Anfield on Sunday (5:30 p.m.) to face their biggest rival in England.
It is not necessary “not focus” solely on results, because football is “a sport with low scores”. In tennis or basketball, he listed, “The best almost always win. But in football, that’s not always the case.”
It is therefore necessary to analyze the « performance » overall on the ground, according to Slot. And on Monday, despite the 2-0 defeat, “the second half against Newcastle was really good for them”, he highlighted.
Slot also announced the return to training of Ibrahima Konaté on Friday. The French central defender has been absent since the end of November due to injury.
