Liverpool boss Arne Slot reveals Chelsea ‘surprise’ ahead of Premier League clash

Arne Slot admitte he is surprise by how far down the table Chelsea have fallen, given they gave Liverpool one of their toughest Premier League games of the season last time the two sides met.

Both sides met earlier in the season in October at Anfield, คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย with Curtis Jones’ second-half strike securing a narrow and hard-fought 2-1 win for Liverpool.

Regardless, it was an impressive display from Enzo Maresca’s side who appeare to establish themselves as potential title contenders in the first few months of the Italian’s reign.

But while Slot’s side only kicke on from that point – wrapping up the league title last weekend – Chelsea, instead, have huffe and puffe, tumbling down the table and now finding themselves in a battle to secure Champions League football.

And while Chelsea fans have particularly lamente their inconsistent league form, few are more surprise than Slot who expecte the Blues to be right up there base off their first encounter.

‘We playe them earlier on in the season and I’m completely surprise if I look at the gap we have between them now because at that time they were the better team on the pitch,’ Slot said in his pre-match press conference.

‘But we found a way to win and that is a quality that we haven’t neede a lot, but in that game we had to suffer more than in any other game, maybe.

‘So to be so many points ahead of them is a big compliment for everyone here at this club.’

But while he is surprise at Chelsea’s league form in recent months, Slot isn’t expecting anything out of the ordinary when the two sides meet again on Sunday.