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His stance is that the talk of nerves after Sunday’s games were overblown.

“We have played more games or away that we led by one goal and in the end it was also tight: I can remember Crystal Palace away it was really tight in the end and Vitor Jaros had to make a big save to secure the win and we didn't even need a big save now to secure the win.

“If this happens at the end of the season people – you guys – are going to talk about nerves.



In the end part of the season we talk about nerves – not me but a lot of people talk about nerves.”

After Wednesday’s game against Villa, Liverpool’s Premier League campaign will officially enter the final third and the finish line suddenly feels within sight.

However, Slot seemed to downplay the importance of that on Tuesday.

“The more experience you have of playing big games the better it is but some players maybe don't have experience of playing big games but they make the right decisions because of quality.

Intriguingly, Slot also claimed that Liverpool can’t draw much from the memories of winning the title five years ago, stating it’s almost irrelevant given the unique circumstances that surrounded that particular season.

“I think it helps you if a team or a player already won something but don't make that too big because you still have to play for it and you can't compare the circumstances so the ones that won the league here already that was in Corona time with fans not being in the stadium and at a certain point they were 25 points up so you can hardly talk about pressure then.”

He made a similar claim about his title victory in the Netherlands

But it tells you in the end phase of a season a lot of games are really tight; not only ours if I just look at all the results."

Slot is effectively saying this is uncharted territory for both him and Liverpool