‘It was maybe our best performance away from home although I really liked what I saw against Man Utd as well. It was total dominance and we outplayed them many times,’ said Slot. ‘Apart from scoring six goals, I think we could have scored more’, Daily Mail reports.
In the last seven seasons when Liverpool have been top of the table at Christmas they have only won the league once and their Dutch boss refused to get carried away.
‘Of course it means something (to be top at Christmas). You always prefer to be where we are than in another position in the table. You know as well as I know – I have won the league once (with Feyenoord) – how hard it is to stay at the top,’ said Slot.
‘You have to be on top of your game for every minute of every game. That’s why it is so hard to win it. It is not easy to show up every three or four days. Last week you saw how it is easy to get a red card in one moment. These things can happen in a season.
‘At Newcastle, we were 3-2 up and dropped in one situation and lost three points so that’s the Premier League. I didn’t expect Chelsea to drop points – it can happen in any game and that’s what makes the league so special, so many people want to watch it and that’s why we play at Christmas time,’ he added.
And Slot sang his praises for Mohamed Salah who delivered another man-of-the-match display became the first player in Premier League history to reach double figures in goals and assists before Christmas. The Egyptian now has 15 goals and 10 assists in the league this season.
‘Of course, you have an idea when you start working with players but the best way to judge or experience them is to start working with them. Mo shows what he has shown for many years at Liverpool,’ said Slot. ‘Apart from him being a good footballer, he is very likeable as a person. He understands what it takes to be at this level every three days and is working really hard for this. That’s what impresses me that as a top player, he understands how hard he has to work for the quality he shows.’
Salah also became Liverpool’s fourth all-time leading goal-scorer, surpassing Billy Liddell and he now has 229 goals for the club.
