Gary Neville has hailed Arne Slot's debut season at Liverpool as one of the "best coaching performances we've seen" in Premier League history, with the Dutchman on the verge of lifting the title at the first time of asking.

Liverpool were third favourites to win the division at the start of the season, behind last season's top two of Manchester City and Arsenal at odds-on.

But following a staggering run of 26 unbeaten games and only two defeats all season, the Reds are now a point away from being crowned Premier League champions and will secure their second title with a draw against Tottenham this Sunday, live on Sky Sports.

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As well as the speed of Slot's adaption to working at one of the biggest clubs in the world, Neville paid particular tribute to his ability to transition out of the shadows of the Jurgen Klopp dynasty with such ease.

"I think he's done an absolutely brilliant job, honestly," he said on the Gary Neville Podcast.

"I think that at the start of the season - none of us can rewrite history - there weren't many Liverpool fans who thought they would win the league, let alone anybody else.

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Gary Neville congratulated Arne Slot and Liverpool on a great season with the Reds closing on on the Premier League title and assessed how strong they will be next campaign.

They've then signed two, I think the most important two of those players, Van Dijk and Salah, in the last couple of weeks.

"It's also the way in which he's kept calm and composed at points where maybe it's not gone as well for them as he would have wanted."

Central to Slot's success at Anfield has been the form of star forward Mo Salah, whose performances had been called into question last season amid what appeared a public falling-out with Klopp on the touchline at West Ham in one of the former coach's final games in charge.

However, since the start of the season, the Egypt international has taken his game to new levels at the age of 32 - already breaking the all-time Premier League goal involvement record from a 38-game season, with five matches of this campaign left to play.

He's been fantastic."

Liverpool look set to win the league at a canter, barring an unprecedented collapse in the final weeks of the season - and should have things wrapped up on Sunday when they host Tottenham live on Sky Sports.

The Reds' achievements have been criticised at times for a lack of real competition to their title push, with nearest-chasers Arsenal more than 10 points behind for several weeks of the run-in.

"They're not going to get pushed at the end, but that's not their problem," Neville said
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