Liverpool manager, Arne Slot, has admitted that his team is not yet strong enough to mount a Premier League title defence.
The Dutch tactician made the admission following Liverpool’s 3-0 defeat to Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Despite the setback, Slot appeared determined to steer attention away from silverware as he focuses on rebuilding his squad after the international break.
“It feels there’s too many (losses),” Slot told reporters. “And the last thing I should speak about now is the title race. We should first focus on getting results, result after result after result, before we can even think about that. The reality is that we are eighth.
“I said last season, many times, the best way to judge the league table is, of course, after 38 (games), but the next best thing to judge it is after 19 games (the season’s halfway point), because then you all faced the same opponents.
“And the last thing we should focus on is on the title race. We need to improve. And that’s obvious.”
