Biggest test yet for Arne Slot on kind of night Jürgen Klopp relished
With Nottingham Forest reality check bringing abrupt end to his Anfield honeymoon, Liverpool’s return to the big time will be an indicator of what can be expected of new man at helm.
Every new manager’s new era has to face its first really bad result. For Jürgen Klopp, nine years ago, it arrived on an autumn day at Anfield: a bathetic, bubble-bursting defeat by Crystal Palace. “It’s not a problem to lose,” he said afterwards. “It happens all the time in football. But we have to learn the right things, and if we learn the right things then it was very important that we lost tonight.”
Liverpool had to stew in their disappointment for a fortnight — an international break followed that match — but their next match was a big one: Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Liverpool won 4-1.
