Arne Slot knows how good it feels to be standing there in the aftermath of victory talking about how a plan came together. It’s just over a year since he stood pitchside at Old Trafford and explained how he had primed his team to dismantle Erik ten Hag’s predictable build-up patterns.
It’s a while since Slot has had the chance to revel in the success of a well-laid tactical master plan. Instead, Slot has lately mainly found himself complaining about other people’s game plans, lamenting how all Liverpool’s opponents are now sitting deep, playing long, roughing Liverpool up at set pieces – generally refusing to co-operate with what his team are trying to do.
And now he must endure the indignity of opposing players boasting about how they exploited Liverpool’s predictable tactics and known weaknesses.
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