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Liverpool manager Arne Slot has warned his side to avoid one mistake as the talk about a potential Premier League title heats up.

Liverpool took full advantage of Arsenal’s slip-up over the weekend to extend their lead at the top of the league table to eleven points by beating Manchester City 2-0 at the Etihad.

Goals from Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai ensured that Liverpool’s grip on the title initiative remained firm less than three months to the end of the season.

The win also extended Liverpool’s unbeaten run to 23 games in the league.

Slot’s men now need nine wins from their final eleven games to be crowned champions of England for the 20th time in history.

Eleven points look insurmountable for an Arsenal side struggling with fitness issues, and Liverpool fans, who attended the weekend game, made sure to let their rivals know that they believe their side will win the league.

However, while Liverpool fans and, to some extent the larger population of Premier League fans believe that the Reds will be crowned champions this season, Arne Slot has acknowledged that the difficulty of the Premier League makes it imperative that his side  remain focused on the individual games to avoid getting carried away.

What Arne Slot said

Speaking ahead of Liverpool vs Newcastle game, Slot said:

“Outside of the club there will be a lot of cous on the table and what different results could mean but this is not out world.

“Out focus is solely on doing that work and maintaining the focus that we know is an absolute necessity to give us the best possible chae of winning our next game.

“I know there will be those who believe this is something that we just say but I can assure them it is not.

“The reality is that in a league as competitive as this one, looking beyond the next opponent or getting drawn into possibilities can only be a distraction.

This is not a mistake that we should make.

“Also we should bear in mind that it was only last week after a couple of draws against Everton and Aston Villa an a tough, tough him game against Wolves that we were being questioned in some quarters.

“That is why we also did not get dran into the narrative that followed?

It makes sense that the same applies even after what wasadmittedly an outstanding win away to Manchester City on Sunday.”

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