Liverpool boss Arne Slot believes Actual Madrid stay the ‘finest staff in Europe’ proper now.
Slot’s feedback come simply days after his facet beat Los Blancos 2-0 within the Champions League, with the Reds outplaying the Spanish giants from begin to end.
Second-half objectives from Alexis Mac Allister and Cody Gakpo gave Liverpool the win on one other memorable European evening at Anfield.
The end result ends an eight-game winless run in opposition to Actual Madrid for , who’re prime of the Champions League desk with an ideal report after 5 video games.
In fact, Liverpool are additionally prime of the Premier League desk and have the possibility to open up an 11-point hole over reigning champions Manchester Metropolis on Sunday.
Arne Slot names Actual Madrid Europe’s finest
There are various causes proper now to call Liverpool as one of the best staff in Europe.
However Slot nonetheless believes that mantle belongs to Actual Madrid for so long as they continue to be Champions League holders.
“To defeat a staff like Actual Madrid so many issues have to return collectively – the efficiency of the gamers, the environment created by the gang, the preparation, the need. It was all there,” Slot wrote in his forward of the Man Metropolis conflict.
He continued: “This isn’t to say it was good, as a result of as a coach you’re all the time striving for a perfection which may not even exist, however all the elements you’d need had been in place.
“I preferred quite a lot of what I noticed. Once more, not every little thing, however loads. One of many issues I preferred most was that everybody from gamers to supporters noticed the victory for what it was and that’s one other step ahead on the highway to the place we need to be. This isn’t to play the win down or to make it much less vital.
“However as I stated afterwards, it was a group-stage win and never a victory within the later levels or the ultimate. In fact, we will take pleasure in it and we did take pleasure in it, however we all know additionally that there’s nonetheless work to be accomplished.
“It is usually price remembering that Actual stay one of the best staff in Europe. They gained the Champions League final June and this makes them holders.”
