This has prompted rival fans to label Liverpool as lucky but Arne Slot dismissed this claim during his press conference on Friday.

Responding to the Dutch coach’s words, French journalist Julian Laurens has named a member of Slot’s staff that everyone in the football world is talking about.



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Upon joining Liverpool last summer, Slot brought Ruben Peeters with him from Feyenoord to become the lead physical performance coach on Merseyside.

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The Belgian coach had worked with Slot at Feyenoord for the previous three years, during which the pair lifted the Dutch league title and KNVB Cup, and are now experiencing similar success at Liverpool.

Speaking about Liverpool’s ability to keep key players fit, Laurens gave a shout-out to Peeters as the French journalist believes the Belgian has had a big part to play in the Reds’ success.

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“I think there’s, there’s a guy in the Liverpool staff that we haven’t mentioned too often, and we should have,” Laurens said on ESPN FC.

“Ruben Peeters, who is the lead performance coach, who was with Slot at Feyenoord where he did an amazing job.

“He’s a young coach, he’s only 32 years old.

And for me, Peeters is also one of the reasons why they don’t have injuries because he’s training and all his programming are perfect, really perfect.”

Cody Gakpo is an injury doubt for Liverpool’s match with Southampton on Saturday but that is the only key star the Reds have out of action.

Long-term absentees come in the form of Joe Gomez and Conor Bradley, which is quite impressive this late into the season.

Speaking on ESPN FC, former Liverpool star Steve Nicol agreed with everything Slot said during his press conference about Liverpool’s injury situation being down to the work they do behind the scenes, rather than luck.

There’s no point in leaving your legs on the training field,” Nicol said.