Liverpool weren’t in a rush to get away from the Red Bull Arena. No dash for the plane, no bleary eyed arrival at John Lennon Airport in the early hours after Arne Slot decided they would stay another night in Leipzig before returning to Merseyside. The Dutchman will have slept soundly.
The caveat when praise was being showered on the early stages of his Anfield reign prior to the international break was that the fixture list had been kind to Liverpool. Since then the bar has been raised in impressive fashion with narrow but deserved victories over Chelsea and RB Leipzig . That caveat no longer applies.
It’s the first time in the club’s 132-year history they have won 11 of their opening 12 matches or registered six successive away triumphs at the start of a season. GO DEEPER The Briefing: RB Leipzig 0 Liverpool 1 - Rampaging Nunez, Liverpool go three from three and Leipzig stutter “We should be proud because so many great teams have worn this shirt and so many great managers have been at the club, so to achieve something that hasn’t been done before is almost impossible and always nice,” Slot said in his post-match press conference. “But there is something that is much nicer than records and you know what I mean by that — trophies.
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