Every conversation in praise of Arne Slot and Liverpool so far this season comes with an asterisk. A small, annoying ‘but...’ plaguing every argument put forward.
Liverpool have won nine of 10 games so far in the Slot era. They have scored 23 goals and conceded a meagre four, keeping a clean sheet in five of seven league fixtures.
But as the argument goes, they have not played anyone half decent yet. And that is true — they have only faced teams ninth or lower in the Premier League, three of them making up the current bottom four, plus a below-par AC Milan and Bologna in the Champions League.