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Arne Slot believes it’s too early to talk of his Liverpool facet as title contenders after they ran out 2-1 winners at Wolves to go high of the Premier League.
Ibrahim Konate had given Slot’s males the lead on the stroke of half-time however the residence facet levelled quickly after the restart by Rayan Ait-Nouri.
Moments later, Nathan Semedo bundled over Diogo Jota within the penalty space and Mohamed Salah made no mistake from the spot to proceed his and Liverpool’s fantastic begin to the season.
The Egyptian has now scored 10 successful targets within the competitors from the spot, solely bettered by Alan Shearer with 12 and Frank Lampard with 18.
Regardless of going high, Slot insisted it was too early to talk of his facet as title contenders, with simply six league video games performed.
He mentioned: “It feels good, you wish to be up there but it surely doesn’t inform me that a lot for the time being.
“When you take a look at Wolves they’re down within the desk however they performed a lot better than that right now. After 19 video games, it’ll inform me one thing, however not after six.”
Slot praised his reverse quantity Gary O’Neil for inflicting his facet some issues early on, however as soon as tactical changes had been made, the Dutchman was happy with the quantity of management his facet exerted.
He informed Sky Sports activities: “I don’t assume we began effectively, however now we have to offer credit score to Wolves and Gary O’Neil.
“That they had a extremely good gameplan. We had some issues within the first 20 minutes, however afterwards we took management of the sport.
“We had been affected person and saved circulating the ball and saved ready for the precise second to deliver the ball in.”
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Wolves’ poor run of kind continues and so they sit backside of the league, with no wins to their identify and only a solitary level from their first six video games.
O’Neil was nonetheless happy with his gamers after a slender defeat and is adamant his facet have deserved extra factors from their opening matches than the desk suggests.
“They went toe-to-toe with one of many greatest golf equipment within the nation,” mentioned O’Neil.
“I’m gutted for the lads, with what they’ve given within the final six video games, they deserve extra factors.
“The accountability of the consequence… I settle for that, however I additionally have to reward the lads for delivering performances towards opposition like this.
“I do know them effectively sufficient that they’ll really feel upset for a day, then they are going to be able to go once more.”
The 41-year-old, who joined the membership on the eve of the 2023-24 season, admits he has no management over whether or not he’ll proceed as head coach.
“I can’t management different folks’s perception in me. All I can do is one of the best I can do,” he mentioned.
