WATCHING from his holiday home in Majorca, maybe even with a half-and-half scarf, Jurgen Klopp will once again have been hugely impressed by the club he has left behind. Klopp will be Red Bull’s ‘head of global soccer’, whatever that truly means, starting from January 1. 6 Darwin Nunez fired Liverpool to a 1-0 win Credit: AP 6 The striker scored the decisive goal with a tap-in Credit: AFP And when Klopp begins his £10million role which looks like a glorified PR-job, it will be absolutely fascinating to see where Liverpool will be under his Arne Slot .
Right now, it is looking pretty damn good. Darwin’s Nunez ’s first half winner made it 11 wins in 12 for the Dutchman with that only blip coming against Nottingham Forest . While Liverpool were forced to withstand some fierce pressure in the second half, keeper Caoimhin Kelleher delivered a couple of big saves.
Read More in Football ARABIAN NIGHTS I watched Ronaldo play for Al-Nassr, I was shocked in more ways than one While Liverpool’s opening schedule was extremely kind, the level of opposition has gone up a notch in the last few days. Firstly against in-form Chelsea and here, against a team who are unbeaten in the Bundesliga and share the lead with Bayern Munich. Yet Slot has seen his team overcome both these difficult matches and now, an even bigger test awaits, against Arsenal on Sunday.
There will clearly be a wobble for Slot at some stage, But while he is new to English football, the team he inherited is cert.