Arne Slot has shown his true self to Liverpool supporters and has quickly won them over

Liverpool head coach Arne Slot during the UEFA Champions League match against Bayer Leverkusen at Anfield on November 5 2024(Image: Crystal Pix/MB Media/Getty Images)

It may not have been the most original of puns, but the message was unequivocal.

And it underlined how Arne Slot has managed to address one potential pitfall far quicker than anybody would have anticipated.

A flag in the Kop waved proudly before the Champions League victory over Bayer Leverkusen on Tuesday evening emblazoned with the smiling face of the Dutchman along with a message saluting "Arne's Slot Machine".

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That Slot has made a record start in his position as Liverpool head coach - not even Jose Mourinho at Chelsea in 2004/04 or Pep Guardiola at Manchester City in 2015/16 could better his total of 14 wins from 16 games in all competitions - has obviously gone a long way to winning over supporters.

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But where Reds fans have truly been impressed is the manner in which the new man has taken to the front-facing side of the job - dealing with the media and, by association, communicating with the fanbase.

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From the very beginning, Slot has, as is so often the Dutch way, had no issue saying things as he sees them.

Everyone is starting to see the real Arne Slot.

Witness his knockabout conversation with Jamie Carragher after Tuesday's win, Slot exchanging barbs and cracking jokes with the Liverpool legend.

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And with all of that, so any yearning for Jurgen Klopp from the fanbase has effectively been extinguished.

Slot has been given the freedom to be his own man and, innately, understands the remit he has been handed.

It was the same at previous club Feyenoord, where the affection in which he was held by the fanbase wasn't entirely reliant on the silverware he accrued.

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Liverpool fans aren't fools.

Not every person can be the ideal fit.

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Positive results have given Slot scope to show appreciation for the quality of his squad and the power of Anfield while refusing to become carried away.

But there has been nothing to suggest he will be anything other than matter-of-fact as always.

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While there was an inevitable hangover at the AXA Training Centre once Klopp departed after almost nine years in charge, it didn't take long for Slot - and his coaching staff - to lift the gloom.
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