‘Every single game we play it’s hard work,’ says Slot
Liverpool fourth before trip to Fulham on Sunday
Arne Slot has described Liverpool’s first half of the season as a “constant battle” and admitted the title race appeared to be a straight fight between Arsenal and Manchester City.
The Premier League champions are 12 points adrift of Mikel Arteta’s leaders after a goalless draw with Leeds on New Year’s Day. Liverpool are unbeaten in eight matches and back in the Champions League places after recovering from the club’s worst run in 71 years, yet remain unconvincing. Slot conceded his team are not “flying” or in contention to retain their title at present.
“Realistically I think there are two teams,” said the Liverpool head coach of Arsenal and City when asked to assess the title race and his team’s prospects for the second half of the campaign. “[Aston] Villa are really close but Arsenal created a bit of a gap by beating Villa and those two teams are quite far away from us and we should not look at those two at this moment in time.
