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Thirteen points clear at the top of the Premier League table, it has a buffer in that competition.
And already out of the FA Cup, Liverpool has a freer schedule than it might have.
And Slot has already insisted that full focus is on the European first leg, with no thoughts drifting anywhere else.
"I don't know because I don't think that way," Slot said during his post-Newcastle press conference when asked if the Premier League title now feels "close".
"I think about Paris Saint-Germain already," he insisted.
"I'm not sure if Paris Saint-Germain has the same run as ours but they are doing really well.
I forget the league table now, I forget the Premier League now until the moment we've played Paris Saint-Germain and then I will start to think about the Premier League again."
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While no one at Anfield will even come close to saying it until it is mathematically impossible for Arsenal to catch up, the Premier League title race — short of a spectacular implosion — is already wrapped up.
As a result, if Liverpool can beat PSG, it will book a place in the quarter-finals against either Club Brugge or Aston Villa with an advantage to play.
But Liverpool might have such a commanding lead in the Premier League title race at that point that it won't matter.
Nothing can be taken for granted, and publicly, at least, no one at Liverpool will dare to look beyond this week's game in Paris
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