‘Completely different’: Arne Slot reveals the Jurgen Klopp gift that helped Liverpool win the Premier League

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Arne Slot had a fantastic start to his Liverpool career, leading his team to a second Premier League title.There was little expectation of the Dutchman coming into Merseyside following the brilliant tenure of Jurgen Klopp, who revitalised the team into being a superpower of world football once again.Now, Slot is heading into his second season as manager of Liverpool, being the favourite to win back-to-back top-flight titles, which is simultaneously a great place to be in and also an issue.It is hard to manage the expectations of his players and their likelihood of once again lifting the title after a debut season that was near perfect in the domestic competition.Photo by Michael Regan/Getty Images/Getty Images For The Premier LeagueHowever, it can definitely be achieved by the 47-year-old because he has an incredible group of players and the fans supporting him every step of the way in becoming champions again.Arne Slot says Jurgen Klopp’s tenure was one of the gifts that helped him win the Premier League titleHe was already left with a capable group of players by the German manager, who had won major trophies, including the Premier League, so Slot inherited the parts needed to win the league.Klopp’s influence on the club is something that will be talked about for generations to come, and has put him among the legendary names from the history of Liverpool.READ MORE: Wayne Rooney says Arne Slot did something at Liverpool that Ruben Amorim would be ‘slaughtered’ forIt is already known to the Dutch coach how much the impact of his predecessor means to the fans and the institution as a whole, and he has made that clear in the recent press conference.During his usual pre-match presser, Slot mentioned that where Liverpool had finished in recent years under Klopp was a ‘gift’ left to him by the 58-year-old.He explained: “Jurgen gave me a lot of gifts – one of them was ending up first the year before, and fifth the year before. And him being so well-known that the new manager came in and everyone thought, ‘Let’s start to play against Liverpool!’“Teams played in a completely different way in the first half of the season against us than they did when we were top of the league after half of the season.”Arne Slot may need to adopt one aspect of Jurgen Klopp’s team into hisWhat Slot has done in one season has been extraordinary, given his main experience was as manager at Feyenoord, but this season has had its momentum stifled by two bad performances.One of the issues in the losses to Galatasaray and Crystal Palace is the midfield, which has faced multiple changes from the one that was successful for the manager last season.What he needs to do is revert to the standard midfield three, similar to Klopp’s selection of Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, and Georginio Wijnaldum.If Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, and Dominik Szoboszlai start more often as the three, with Florian Wirtz being swapped in for Mac Allister at times, it will be an improvement.A more consistent three in that area will be the perfect way to get back the form they are missing from last season.