Arne Slot has insisted he is not interested in celebrating his record-breaking debut as Liverpool manager, having become the first Reds manager to win at least eight of their first nine games.
The eighth win of the slots era took place on Wednesday thanks to a 2-0 victory against Bologna in Serie A in the Champions Leaguemaintaining his perfect start in the new format of the competition.
Slots Liverpool have also beaten Ipswich Town, Brentford, Manchester United, AC Milan, Bournemouth, Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Ham United, with a 1-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest the only mark of his otherwise perfect start to life as successor to Jürgen Klopp.
“I don’t draw a lot of conclusions from it but it’s good,” Slot said of his new record. “So, so many incredible managers have worked here, doing so many special things.
“The only thing is, I don’t hope that the one thing people will remember me for in one, two, three years – you never know how long I’ll be here – they’ll just say, ‘ he’s the manager who’s only won eight of his nine games.”
“I hope to do more special things than winning eight out of nine games.”
The win over Bologna was perhaps not as comfortable as a 2-0 scoreline might suggest and Slot admitted Liverpool needed to take their chances at times.
“They worked very hard to keep a clean sheet today, although we also needed our goalkeeper a few times,” he explained.
“We scored two very good goals, especially the second. It’s always difficult to play, a team takes so many risks and is constantly above you. Overall it’s a good result, but I wouldn’t use the word, I’m delighted today.
