Liverpool manager Arne Slot has assessed his team’s recent form ahead of the Premier League trip to Nottingham Forest, stating the side is in a “much better place” compared to earlier in the season.
Slot highlighted the consistency over the last 19 games: “Now compared to a few weeks ago, I don’t think a lot has changed.
“I think from the last 19 games, we’ve lost twice and twice we’ve lost in [added] time and, in my opinion, twice we did not deserve to lose both of those games. We didn’t need yesterday to know how difficult it is to win a Premier League game.
“We’ve experienced this [in] this season already a lot of times and I think all the teams experienced this. That’s what made the Premier League nicer this season and last season – that it’s much more competitive than probably two, three, four, five, six years ago.
“We’ve improved compared to three or four months ago. I would even include the Bournemouth game because, apart from the goals we conceded, we had total control with dominance, we had a lot of chances – and the same could be said in the second half about [Manchester] City.
“We’re in a much better place now than we were months ago and there are two very simple reasons for that. [There are more reasons] but the most simple two are how fit we are now compared with three or four months ago, and the second one is that we are much better in set-pieces at the moment.”
The comments reflect growing confidence ahead of a challenging away fixture.