'Almost unbeatable' - so will Liverpool turn wins and records into trophies?

When Arne Slot took complaint of Liverpool pursuing Jurgen Klopp's departure astatine the extremity of past season, the Dutchman recognised helium had "big shoes to fill".

After all, Klopp had delivered a Champions League and a long-awaited Premier League rubric arsenic good arsenic the FA Cup and a mates of League Cups.

These are inactive precise aboriginal days for Slot, but fewer could person predicted specified a creaseless modulation similar the 1 that has taken spot astatine Liverpool.

A 1-0 Champions League triumph against RB Leipzig connected Wednesday was their 11th triumph successful 12 matches since Slot took charge.

Meanwhile, Slot's Liverpool are the archetypal squad successful the club's past to triumph each of their opening six distant games of a season.

"Arne Slot says 'judge america aft the extremity of November', due to the fact that helium thinks they volition beryllium playing amended then," said erstwhile Scotland winger Pat Nevin, who was successful Leipzig for BBC Radio 5 Live.

"Maybe the remainder of the Premier League volition person to beryllium disquieted due to the fact that they are astir unbeatable.

"Liverpool fans person seen their squad play amended than this, but they haven't seen a amended tally than this."

Liverpool are conscionable the seventh top-flight English broadside to triumph each of their opening six distant games crossed each competitions successful a season. They are the 3rd squad to bash truthful successful the Premier League epoch aft Newcastle successful 1994-95 and Manchester City successful 2017-18.

They are becoming a winning instrumentality nether Slot, an businesslike squad who cognize however to get the occupation done alternatively than blowing opponents away.

Will they crook wins into trophies astatine the concern extremity of the season?

One happening is certain: Slot volition not let anyone to get carried distant arsenic helium juggles the high-pressure demands of the Premier League and the Champions League.

But with Liverpool apical successful the Premier League and level connected 9 points with Aston Villa astatine the apical of the league signifier of the Champions League aft 3 games, Slot is making airy enactment of 1 of the astir demanding jobs successful football.

"Liverpool are precise overmuch successful groove," said erstwhile Manchester City defender Nedum Onuoha connected BBC Radio 5 Live.

"To cognize that they tin play amended portion winning a bulk of their games, it's a precise bully presumption to beryllium in."

Klopp's Liverpool won their opening 7 Premier League and Champions League games successful 2018-19, a play that saw them decorativeness 1 constituent down champions Manchester City earlier defeating Tottenham successful the Champions League final.

Slot's Class of 2024 are the archetypal Liverpool squad ever to triumph 11 of their opening 12 games successful a campaign, with September's 1-0 decision by Nottingham Forest the azygous blip since helium became caput coach.

They caput to Arsenal connected Sunday (16:30 GMT) connected the backmost of an eight-game winning tally - the archetypal clip they person produced specified a tally since March 2022.

"Liverpool picked up erstwhile they needed to and looked very, precise good," added Nevin astir the latest triumph against RB Leipzig.

"They are not rather determination yet, but past you look astatine the Premier League and Champions League tables and you can't accidental thing negative."

Slot has besides emulated legendary Liverpool brag Bill Shankly by winning his archetypal 3 European matches arsenic manager.

Liverpool's awesome commencement to the play includes wins against Manchester United, AC Milan and Chelsea.

There are immoderate large tests connected the horizon. As good arsenic Arsenal, they person matches against German champions Bayer Leverkusen, Aston Villa, Real Madrid and Manchester City betwixt present and 1 December.

"This is simply a squad connected a superb tally with immoderate players playing well, but it's wide much improvements volition come," said Nevin.

"If you are having this benignant of tally and obscurity adjacent peaking yet, that's existent bully news.

"Arne Slot's alert of it. There's much to travel from this team, but you wouldn't deliberation truthful from the results."

After the Leipzig game, Slot said his players indispensable beryllium arrogant aft achieving the "almost impossible" feat of mounting caller nine records.

Like Klopp, Slot is alert helium volition beryllium judged connected the fig of trophies helium brings to Anfield - not records.

"Records are nice, but different things are nicer than records and you cognize what I mean by that - trophies," Slot said.