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Arne Slot has warned his Liverpool players not to let their standards slip as they get closer to the finish line in the Premier League title race.

The Reds look to have the championship in their sights now after a perfect weekend for them, having brushed Manchester City aside after Arsenal fell to a damaging defeat against West Ham.

The lead at the top of the table now stands at 11 points, and while the Gunners hold a game in hand, many pundits have already handed Liverpool the crown.

Slot and his players though still have work to do, starting with Wednesday’s clash at home to Newcastle.

We couldn’t control the 97th minute event at Everton.

“But you just work as hard as you can.

If someone doesn’t put the effort in any more I would definitely say something about it.

“But these players are trained by Jurgen and by me for this long, that they know it is all about effort.

“That’s not what we expect because they did seven or eight months the same and they know how hard it was to beat the three teams I just said at home and we couldn’t beat Everton, we couldn’t beat Villa, we couldn’t beat Newcastle.

“The players probably know even more than the people around us how much it takes for us to win our games.

“That’s why I’ve full confidence that we keep working as hard as we do.

Like we have experienced in all these games that I’ve just said.”

Slot's warning comes after Mikel Arteta sent a defiant message to Liverpool, insisting he won't give up on Arsenal's hopes of winning this season's title.

“The thing is that when you are there, you want more and you want more and you want more
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