Arne Slot believes that Pep Guardiola will “find solutions” to Manchester City’s recent struggles ahead of their clash with Liverpool.
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Not underestimating City
Liverpool currently has an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League table.
The Reds won 10 of their 12 games in the English top-flight this season.
Meanwhile, City are in their worst form since 2006 and have yet to win in their last six matches across all competitions.
However, Slot believes the reigning Premier League champions will put up a fight at Anfield.
“I don’t think anyone in last eight or nine years or maybe even longer would have said City at home or away — the word easy comes to mind,” Slot said in a news conference on Thursday.
Guardiola will “find solutions”, says Slot
City squandered their first-half lead when Brighton scored two quick goals late in the second half on November 9.
Guardiola’s side then suffered their heaviest defeat of the season, losing 4-0 to Tottenham.
Recently, City blew a 3-0 lead in the Champions League, resulting in a 3-3 draw against Feyenoord.
However, Slot thinks that Guardiola, who he thinks is the “best manager in the world” will “find solutions” to break their slump.
“I know everyone looks at their results but if you face them, and that is what we do, you analyse it. Against Brighton, they were 1-0 up, could have scored two or three and didn’t and then got beat 2-1. Against Tottenham, they could have been after 20 minutes two or three goals up.”
He added: “Against Feyenoord, that has not happened many times. They were 3-0 up, completely dominated the game and it ended up 3-3. They are still a very, very, very good team and one of the reasons why I think Pep Guardiola is the best manager in the world is he always comes up with solutions for his problems.
“His problem now might be that Rodri is out but we all know that he will come up with a solution and their run of form will go again. Hopefully it is after Sunday.”
