Slot not bothered about theories on when Liverpool could win the league title

Liverpool caput manager Arne Slot is not getting carried distant astir his team’s 12-point pb astatine the apical of the Premier League up of their travel to Fulham connected Sunday.

The Reds bushed Everton 1-0 astatine Anfield connected Wednesday to reconstruct that cushion aft Arsenal had chopped it to 9 points aft winning 2-1 astatine location to the Cottagers connected Tuesday.

But, according to Slot, they are simply focusing connected the adjacent crippled alternatively than thing excessively acold ahead.

“We are not moving connected theories astir however galore points [this oregon that would be],” helium said.

“We are taking the situation of Fulham connected for Sunday, erstwhile we volition person to beryllium astatine our champion again to get a result.”

Slot was speaking to the media conscionable 1 time aft their triumph implicit Everton, wherever the determination not to springiness defender James Tarkowski a reddish paper for a unsafe tackle connected Alexis Mac Allister had dominated conversation.

But the Dutchman was not keen connected spending clip focusing connected the decision, acknowledging that quality mistake tin hap to anyone.

“I deliberation everyplace astir the satellite mistakes are being made,” helium said.

“This is thing successful the league wherever I came from. We are each aiming for a league without mistakes. “I americium aiming for a play without maine making 1 mistake successful the line-ups I make, but unfortunately, this volition astir apt ne'er hap – not with maine and not with referee decisions.

“Mistakes are being made. If a referee makes a incorrect decision, everybody volition autumn implicit it. If I marque the incorrect line-up, everybody volition autumn implicit it. I deliberation it is rather an OK play for referees successful England, actually.”

Fulham caput manager Marco Silva, meanwhile, called for togetherness aft his broadside were beaten by Arsenal successful midweek.

“We stock the bully moments and the bully vibes together. When you don’t execute thing important, similar a shot lucifer we privation to win, past you person to stock the disappointment,” helium said.

“But astatine the aforesaid time, we person to enactment quicker and hole quicker for the adjacent one, similar we person done since the commencement of the season.”

Looking up to the situation of the league leaders, Silva knows that determination is minimal borderline for error.

“It’s going to beryllium a crippled that demands america to beryllium adjacent to perfection,” helium said.

“From our side, we request to combat truly hard for the 3 points. We are successful our ain battle, too. They privation the 3 points to beryllium person to the title, we privation our 3 points for our ain battle.”

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PLAYERS TO WATCH

Fulham: Antonee Robinson

Only Mohamed Salah (17) has laid connected much assists successful the Premier League truthful acold this play than Antonee Robinson (10).

That fig of assists constitutes a vocation champion for the United States international, whose erstwhile champion was six.

Liverpool: Mohamed Salah

Salah has had a manus successful precisely 2 goals successful each of his past 4 distant Premier League appearances. No subordinate has ever done truthful successful 5 distant games successful a row, with Thierry Henry besides having a tally of 4 betwixt April and August 2003.

The Egyptian is some the apical scorer successful the Premier League this play with 27 goals and the apical assistor with 17 assists.

MATCH PREDICTION: LIVERPOOL WIN

Fulham person won conscionable 1 of their past 13 Premier League games against Liverpool (D3 L9), beating them 1-0 astatine Anfield successful March 2021.

Silva’s broadside person picked up 1 constituent successful their past 11 Premier League matches against teams starting the time apical of the array (D1 L10), though it was against Liverpool successful this season’s reverse fixture, a 2-2 draw.

Liverpool, meanwhile, are unbeaten successful their past six distant league games against Fulham (W4 D2) since a 1-0 nonaccomplishment successful December 2011 nether Kenny Dalglish.

They person besides scored 38 goals successful 15 distant Premier League matches this season, an mean of 2.53 goals per game. That is their associated champion successful a top-flight season, besides scoring astatine the aforesaid complaint successful 2013-14 (48 successful 19 games, 2.53).

The league leaders person gone 17 Premier League distant games unbeaten (W10 D7), lone having a longer tally successful the contention betwixt January 2019 and February 2020 (21 games).

OPTA WIN PROBABILITY

Fulham – 25.8%

Draw – 25.1%

Liverpool – 49.1%