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Instead, the Manchester United legend marvelled at how Slot’s side were repeatedly able to switch up their attacks against City, in a performance worthy of champions.

“When I think back to the perfect, big game, away wins late on in a season that sometimes happened for us, that’s how it happened,” Neville explained on the It’s Called Soccer podcast.

That performance will not go down in the history books as being the best game of football ever but it really hit home to me that that was a title-winning performance because it was many different things in one.”



Neville has praised Slot for how he has succeeded Jurgen Klopp(Image: Gareth Copley/Getty Images)

Neville, like many pundits and sections of the Liverpool support, thought the Reds wouldn't be able to challenge for the title this term after bidding farewell to Jurgen Klopp.

The Sky Sports pundit predicted the club to finish fifth in Slot’s first season at Anfield.

However, he has admitted his mistake and praised the Liverpool boss for not dogmatically sticking to a preferred style of play.

“It’s a testament to [Slot]," he continued.

"Absolutely incredible, the transition from Jurgen Klopp, who’s one of the greatest managers the Premier League’s had, and I thought there would be a natural drop-off from Liverpool.

“I thought the players that have listened to that same inspirational voice for so many years and having someone else come in, that [Slot] wouldn’t be able to make it happen for them.

Obviously, he’s won games.

“I said it earlier on in the season, there was a game where I thought they played three or four different styles within a certain game.

That’s what I like most about this Liverpool team, to be honest, because we’ve been conditioned for years to think you’ve got to have this principle and this philosophy of play and you must stick to it.”

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