Arne Slot's reaction to being on brink of Liverpool immortality speaks volumes

Arne Slot is within touching distance of becoming a legend by leading the Reds to the title. But while he may be just an “inch” away from Anfield immortality, he remains focused on the inch.

That is, of course, The Reds need just a point from Sunday’s clash to be crowned Premier League champions. It will be a record-equalling 20th title for Liverpool and will spark special celebrations on Merseyside.

It also means Slot will join an illustrious club of managers who have led the Anfield club to the biggest prize in English football.

, Kenny Dalglish, Joe Fagan, Bob Paisley, Bill Shankly, George Kay, Matt McQueen, David Ashworth and Tom Watson have gone before Slot as title-winning managers at Liverpool.

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But here he stands on the brink of joining them in just his first season at the club. Yet, in typical fashion of the Dutchman, he is refusing to get carried away until the job is done.

When it was put to him that he’s an inch from greatness, he said: “I prefer to get my mind on that inch and not on what happens afterwards because there is still an inch to be done.”

There has been no studying Liverpool’s history this week to see what he is etching his name into. The focus has been on the match in hand.

“I don’t think that will help us or me to win the game of football on Sunday,” he said. “It was mainly watching and that is I think a bit smarter than watching clips – unless Tottenham would be on YouTube.”

Sunday is sure to be an emotional occasion at Anfield with fans arriving expecting to see a moment in history for the club. But with that comes pressure on the players to get the job done. Slot has faith in his experienced ones to help them over the line.

"That is something we first have to do, we have to do the job,” he said. “But of course it gives us a lot of confidence the way we have played all the way through the season in sometimes difficult circumstances as well.

“It's not the first time we've needed either a win or a point and until now we've always shown up, not only us but the fans as well.

“I have all the confidence we will show up again, but I also know how unpredictable a game of football can be. That's why we have to be so well prepared.”

Slot is not getting caught up in the emotion of the fans. He rarely runs into supporters. It’s only when they notice him on the motorway when he’s driving from his home to the training ground that they sometimes catch a glimpse of him.

Even paparazzi aren’t getting much of a look in. Well, until this week when he ran out of food. “Sometimes when I'm driving on the motorway, they [fans] come up next to you, right next to you for 500m or a kilometre.

“There aren't many interactions to be made because I go from training ground to my house, I open the gate and drive into my house. Yesterday when I wanted to have lunch, I thought 's***, I don't have anything in my fridge'.

“So I needed to go to the supermarket. It was in and out, but there was someone who wanted to take photos of me. But I don't go outside that much, so there aren't many options to talk to me.” Slot doesn’t give an inch.

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