COMMENT: Liverpool duo Arne Slot and Richard Hughes have some long-term thinking to do over the coming months.

Liverpool is setting the pace at the top of the Premier League table as Arne Slot moulds the Reds in his own image.

As a former colleague at one of his old clubs tells The Athletic: “What you’re seeing with Arne now is similar to his time at Feyenoord. Yes, he’s cool, but he’s a winner and he fights for what he believes in.”