All’s well that ends well from Slot’s perspective, but the sense of unease and concern that drifted from the stands before firmly taking hold of the players in the second half is something usually only reserved for the closing stages of a campaign.

The collective ability to handle the pressure will need to be considerably better than this in the coming weeks if the Reds are to keep hold of their healthy lead.



Quite the opposite, in fact.

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Such was the anxiety in the second period that it’s the first half of football since records began, over two decades ago, where the Reds have failed to have a shot in a league game at Anfield.

Ahead of a major week that now sees the Reds travel to Aston Villa and Manchester City, optimists will argue that the results are all that matters and victory at Villa Park on Wednesday night will in fact send the leaders clear by a whopping 10 points before Arsenal play next, at home to West Ham United.

Slot’s players will have to play with a lot more composure than they did in the second half here though and the fact that the next game is not at Anfield might actually ease things on that front for a team who are unbeaten away this term.

There will be fewer Liverpool fans on the terraces to transmit their fears pitchside, if nothing else.

The best bits of this hard-fought win were reserved, almost exclusively, to the first half and Diogo Jota was making his first Premier League start for four months.

Substitute Darwin Nunez struggled to get into the game and offered little respite for the midfield and defence by failing to hold up the ball properly
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