"It's clear that teams that play us now think they can get a result, not only think, because that has been shown this season," said Slot. "Even in the games we've won, they also fuelled the confidence for other teams like, 'Hmm, something is possible', because the wins we had at the beginning of the season weren't easy ones as well," Slot added.

Liverpool will look to prove their win on Sunday wasn’t a one-off as they take on the high-flying Sunderland at Anfield on Wednesday. Arne Slot’s side picked up just their second

Por STEVE DOUGLASOtra victoria para el Arsenal. Más miseria para Liverpool y una mayor presión para su entrenador Arne Slot. Mientras que Arsenal aceleró su carga por el título

Arne Slot opted against reintroducing Salah back into his starting XI in the week, having given the Egyptian no minutes in the 2–0 victory at West Ham on Sunday. Many wondered whether Liverpool’s recent stopping of the rot would prove to be a false dawn, or the start of a Reds resurgence, with the Hammers so meek in defeat on home soil.

The stats are damning. Liverpool have lost back-to-back league games by a margin of three goals for the first time since Bill Shankly was at the helm 60 years ago.

We're into December which means the January transfer window is not far away and Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham could all make moves to bolster their squads

It is now ‘hard to see anything other’ than Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah leaving Anfield in the near future, according to dressing room sources.

Liverpool needed a late own goal to rescue a point after Sunderland threatened to pile even more pressure on head coach Arne Slot at Anfield. Sunderland took a deserved lead after 67 minutes when Chemsdine Talbi's 25-yard shot deflected off Virgil van Dijk and beyond the reach of Alisson.