Gary Neville hails 'fantastic' Arne Slot and says what he's done better than Pep Guardiola and Jurgen Klopp since Liverpool move

Arne Slot added yet another win to his record as Liverpool manager this weekend with a sensational 6-3 result against Tottenham.

A Mohamed Salah-inspired performance returned Liverpool to four points clear at the top of the Premier League standings, with the Reds going into Christmas Day sitting in first place and in the driving seat to win the title.

With Dominik Szoboszlai lauding Slot for exceeding expectations at Liverpool, the Dutch coach has proven himself to be the dream successor to Jurgen Klopp at Anfield, with the Merseyside giants looking lime favourites to go all the way in the Premier League.

And Gary Neville has said Slot is doing something in the English top-flight that Klopp and Pep Guardiola failed to do.

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Slot’s Premier League start only bettered by Jose Mourinho

Speaking on the Gary Neville Podcast, the pundit noted that only Jose Mourinho in his first season at Chelsea has had a bigger impact in the Premier League as a manager than Slot, with the Portuguese icon leading the Blues to the title in his debut year in England.

Neville said when talking about Slot’s first few months as manager of Liverpool: “I’m trying to think of managers who’ve had an impact in the Premier League in the first four or five months like Arne Slot has.

“I can remember Jose Mourinho having a really fantastic impact in his first few months in his first season at Chelsea, they obviously won the Premier League, but I can’t think of any more. Pep Guardiola struggled in his first year, Jurgen Klopp didn’t win the title in his first season.

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“For Arne Slot to do what he’s done in taking over from Jurgen Klopp, who is an idol at Liverpool, and to not do a great deal of work in the transfer market, is a fantastic introduction and one of the best that we’ve seen from any manager in the Premier League.”

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How does Slot compare to Klopp after 25 games in charge at Liverpool?

Klopp will forever be remembered as one of Liverpool’s greatest-ever managers given the immense success the German coach enjoyed at Anfield and the exhilarating brand of football the Reds played for the majority of this era.

Arne Slot at Liverpool after 25 games Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool after 25 games Wins 21 13 Draws 3 7 Losses 1 5 Goals scored 60 39 Goals conceded 21 27

Yet when comparing Klopp’s first 25 games in charge of Liverpool to Slot’s, it’s clear that the Dutch coach has had the better start to life at Anfield in literally every department, with the proof in the pudding and in the standings.

Indeed, Slot has been an inspired hire by Liverpool, and as much as Klopp is adored at Anfield, there’s a real chance that the former Feyenoord manager could go the distance with the Reds and take them places few would have expected.

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