It's time for Arne Slot to show he belongs at Europe's top table, writes LEWIS STEELE...
ahead of Liverpool's Champions League trip to AC Milan Liverpool travel to San Siro to face AC Milan on their Champions League return The Reds are back where they below but it's time for Arne Slot to prove himself LISTEN NOW: It's All Kicking Off! , available wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes every Monday and Thursday By Lewis Steele Published: 16:17 EDT, 16 September 2024 | Updated: 16:17 EDT, 16 September 2024 e-mail 1 View comments This time last year, Liverpool began their European campaign in the sleepy location of Linz, the picturesque Austrian city straddling the Danube River and most famous for being the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Former boss Jurgen Klopp ’s final year saw him go on to collect passport stamps in Toulouse, Brussels, Prague and Bergamo, where they lost to Atalanta.
Beautiful spots to spend a Thursday – but hardly any of European football’s famed destinations. Tonight, that will change as the Reds return to the biggest stage in one of world sport’s grandest arenas: the San Siro. Playing AC Milan these days might not be the heavyweight match-up it was when these sides clashed in the 2005 and 2007 finals — but it is still a meeting of two of the leading protagonists of this competition’s history, with 13 European Cups between them.
Liverpool are back where they belong — and now it is time for Arne Slot to prove he too belongs at this level. Th.