Jurgen Klopp, who led Liverpool until last season, has retired and the new team is led by Arne Slot, who was in charge of Feyenoord until last season.
The team is currently top of the Premier League table, playing possession-oriented football, but also taking over the fast, vertical football.
The season is long and the Dutchman’s skills at the helm are highly regarded, although his good form in the early stages of the season may not continue. 25-year-old midfielder Alexis Mac Allister, who also plays for Argentina, spent the German’s final year at Anfield and was mentored by both
The former Brighton midfielder spoke of the formative differences between his predecessor and successor, but revealed that the biggest difference was the patience to maintain possession and dominate the game.
On the other hand, he also mentioned that he is still developing towards the football that coach Slott is aiming for
“Perhaps with Jurgen (Klopp) I played as a lone six,”
“So, the position was very different. I was much more defensive than anything else.”
“Nowadays, we play with two sixes, I can be a little freer and if we start with two sitting midfielders and one a little further forward, that changes things.”
“For instance, when the ball goes out to the left full-back, I’m the one who can move further forward and Ryan becomes the number six. So the system has changed a little, but the main ideas are the same.”
“I think perhaps the big change is in having that patience to have longer periods of possession and dominate games more and obviously that creates more chances.”
“We are working really well. I feel there’s a lot of positivity within the club and we’re working fantastically well with the new manager.”
“We can really see that he has great ideas, his mentality and what he gets across to us is important so we’re happy. We’re still in this transitional phase of looking to get to where the manager wants us to be.”
Liverpool ECHO