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Arne Slot prior to the Premier League match between Manchester City FC and Liverpool FC at Etihad Stadium on February 23, 2025 (Image: Molly Darlington/Copa/Getty Images)

Arne Slot is adamant Liverpool will not take anything for granted after extending their lead at the Premier League summit with a memorable victory at outgoing champions Manchester City.

First-half goals from Mohamed Salah and Dominik Szoboszlai earned the Reds their first top-flight win at the Etihad in almost a decade with a 2-0 triumph on Sunday afternoon.

With nearest challengers Arsenal having lost 1-0 at home to West Ham United the previous day, Liverpool are now 11 points clear of the Gunners – albeit having played a game more – with just 11 matches remaining.

But Slot pointed to the competitive nature of the Premier League when rejecting suggestions it had now become the Reds’ title to lose.

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“You can ask every single question you want but many times I’ve said it is so hard to judge the league table before every single game is played,” said the Reds boss.

“In my opinion, Villa away and City away are two very, very, very, very difficult games so you can drop points there.

“We are in a good position but we also know how hard it was for us to win against Wolves.

Now we play Newcastle, we drew 3-3 over there which was in my opinion also a good result although after 89 minutes we were 3-2 up.

“In every other league, having a lead like this would be very comfortable.

Even Plymouth Argyle gave us a lot of challenges.”

A superb defensive effort helped Liverpool repel City in the second half with goalkeeper Alisson Becker having barely a save of note to make, sparking Reds supporters to chant their team will be champions come May.

And Slot added: “If you play away at the Etihad and win there it is always a big win no matter what the league table looks like.

If you play away against a Pep (Guardiola) team it is almost impossible to have more ball possession.

“We knew we had to defend a lot, and that’s what we did really well.
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