Liverpool head coach Arne Slot believes he benefited from the aura of Jurgen Klopp in his first season, but knows the situation has changed now that they are the defending Premier League champions.

Slot believes opponents felt they could capitalise on his first season, coming from the Eredivisie to manage in England for the first time and succeeding the highly successful German, and were keen to exploit a perceived weakness.

However, that played into Liverpool's hands as a squad which - apart from the hardly used Federico Chiesa - had been founded on Klopp's methods took advantage of more attacking opposition to establish a solid lead and then go on to win the title.

Slot noticed a change in the approach towards them midway through last season, but by then it was virtually too late to r

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