Liverpool manager Arne Slot expects Manchester City to be in the mixture for the first League title next season after a “unique season”.
Sunday afternoon, Liverpool of Slot at the Etihad stadium to face a fourth side of the city of the painting, 17 points from the pace established by the Reds in the form of the Dutch.
City’s decline surprised many people, and the eight Premier League champions reacted quickly by spending around 170 million pounds sterling in the January transfer window on Omar Marmoush, Nico Gonzalez, Abdukodir Khusanov and Vitor Reis.
It is too late for Pep Guardiola’s accusations to return to the mixture for a fifth consecutive title in the Premier League, their ambitions were now focusing on the guarantee of a finish among the first four after being eliminated from the Champions League.
Speaking before Liverpool’s trip to Manchester, Slot admitted that he considered the department of City as nothing more than a temporary blip before a return to challenge next season.
“Everyone is surprised that City is not up there because they have been up there for so many years,” said Slot Sky Sports. “They have a big manager who has shown that he can be up there every season. So, I don’t think anyone expects that they are now so many points behind us. I see that they come back.
“I think last weekend, they were very good against Newcastle. They already brought in three or four new players, so I think everyone knows it’s probably a unique season that they are not Up there.
“Everyone knows that this is a unique season that they are not up there, and everyone, at least me, expects to be up there next season because You can already see them go up.
“They started the season well, I think they get there now. But they have lost too many points in a difficult period of the season, where they also had many injuries. And then this league is ruthless. If you are not at your best, so each game is difficult. “
Liverpool could end up winning a Premier League, a Carabao cup and triples of the Champions League this season if everything is going as planned, with a surprise defeat of the fourth round of the FA Cup against the Plymouth Argyle championship, the The only real blow on the record of slot so far.
It is the only competition city could still win this year – they are in the fifth round after having ousted the duo EFL Salford City and Leyton Orient in third and four laps,
