Liverpool are at the top of the table right now, with 45 points to their name. They are six points ahead of the second-placed Arsenal. United, with five defeats in their previous six league encounters, and are presently languishing at the 14th place with 22 points.
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“No. Of course not,” Slot said. “For me, they have much better players than maybe the league table shows at the moment. It might take a while for (manager) Ruben Amorim to bring this out of the players but they are much better than the league table shows.”
Slot is not looking for defender Joe Gomez to be back into the scheme of things anutime soon. He suffered an injury during their 5-0 loss at West Ham United, but there was good news in the form of the return of players like Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate to training.
“Joe is not in a good place when it comes to his injury, he’s out for a few weeks,” Slot said. “Conor and Ibou will train with us today for the first time. They worked hard to come back for the team. The next step is how they’ll handle team sessions.”
Slot avoided questions about Trent Alexnader-Arnold and rumours over his transfer to Real Madrid.
“I can tell you he’s playing on Sunday and hopefully brings the same performance he’s been bringing in the last half a year,” he said. “He played an incredible game against West Ham. I see him training hard every day.”
