Arne Slot insists he wants to be remembered for “more special things” than just setting the record for the best start by a Liverpool manager.
The Dutchman became the first coach in the club’s history to win eight of his first nine matches, following a hard-fought 2-0 victory over Bologna, which kept Liverpool’s perfect Champions League campaign intact.
Slot secured the club record on his first European night at Anfield, with goals from Alexis Mac Allister and Mohamed Salah sealing the win against their Serie A opponents.
“I don’t draw many conclusions, but it is nice [because] so many incredible managers have worked here doing so many special thing,” Arne Slot said.
“The only thing is I don’t hope that the only thing people remember me for in one, two, three years – because you never know how long I can be here! – but if they only say, ‘That is the manager who won eight out of his first nine games,’
“I am hoping to do more special things than winning eight out of nine games!
“But it says a lot about many things, it also says a lot about how Jürgen [Klopp] left this club, the squad I inherited, how much work-rate the players put in and how much my staff members are helping me to get these results.
“But again, I am hoping to do more special things than only be remembered for eight wins out of the first nine.”
He added: “The thing is, you will probably never reach perfection.
“You are always aiming for perfection, but you will never reach this.
“We can improve, we have to improve, that’s clear, but there are also a lot of positives to take from tonight and also from the other games.
“There was a spell in the game where we didn’t control and they were threatening us more than I would like to see, but again this is normal.
“I saw a lot of games yesterday, I saw some games before we played, in the Champions League [and] it is never that only one team plays – there are always two teams playing.
“I think for most parts of the game we controlled, we had more ball possession, but they threatened us, especially in the last phase of the first half a few times.”
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