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It would be a remarkable achievement in Arne Slot's first season, and a former player thinks there has been a key tactical reason behind the success.
In truth, nobody has even got close to Liverpool and Slot.
But Slot has generally found the answers to everything thrown at him in his first year at Anfield.
And even if Liverpool was to lose all of its remaining games (quadrupling its number of losses this season in the process), it would still not be the lowest-scoring Premier League champion of all time.
The Herculean battles between Klopp and Pep Guardiola have skewed some perspectives, but this is undoubtedly a side worthy of being crowned champion.
Nottingham Forest and Fulham are the only sides Liverpool will definitely end the season having not beaten at least once.
They didn't know whether to squeeze or to drop off.
"This has been a constant pattern at Anfield when teams try to do this sort of thing to Liverpool, hence the fact they have got such a good home record this season."
Slot has indeed shown a reasonable amount of tactical flexibility this season.
West Ham probably deserved a draw, and it took a late Virgil van Dijk header from a corner to salvage the win.
But Liverpool got it done, as it has done so many times this season
The German's best Liverpool teams found the answers, but he never hit upon a completely reliable formula to turn his heavy-metal football into orchestrated precision.
The early indications are that Slot is not uniquely vulnerable to a particular style of opponent
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