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Arne Slot won the Premier League in his first season as Liverpool manager(Image: Getty Images)

Liverpool defender Kostas Tsimikas has opened up on the tactical tweaks put in place by manager Arne Slot in his first season in charge.

Slot, who took over from Jurgen Klopp in the summer of 2024, won the Premier League title at the first time of asking.

Defensive solidity was key in the early part of the season.



Slot's Reds didn't concede at all until the fourth game of the season, and let in just three goals in their first eight games to open up a lead at the top which they never surrendered.

"Slot changed the whole tactical approach," Tsimikas told Greek outlet Sport24.

Slot's new ideas helped the team improve on the previous season, when they finished third under Klopp, but the former Feyenoord boss needed his players to be committed to the cause.

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"In every meeting we had before the game, he used to say a line that I think is the most important: 'Beyond all the tactics I can show you and tell you how to play, if you don't put your feet up, if you don't really want it, there's no way we're going to win anything,'" Tsimikas added.

Kostas Tsimikas applauding Liverpool's fans(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Slot isn't resting on his laurels after clinching the title.

He has already spoken about the potential for new additions, with Florian Wirtz due to join in a club record deal following the arrivals of Giorgi Mamardashvili and Jeremie Frimpong.

"I don't know if it's going to be a lot but we know, the club, Richard [Hughes], the ownership, we are all aligned on what we are trying to achieve," Slot told Sky Sports in May.

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