Arne Slot has named a robust beginning lineup for every of Liverpool’s 5 Champions League video games thus far, however it’s a tactic he might be pressured to reevaluate subsequent season.
The Reds are the one aspect with an unblemished file in Europe’s premier competitors after 5 video games, turning into the primary to ensure a knockout place.
Slot has persistently named robust XIs, explaining that he’s “pushing actually arduous to finish up within the prime eight” to skip the two-legged playoff spherical in February.
From there, Liverpool could be seeded within the draw, however there are not any ensures as to the standard of the opponent they’ll face as it’s closely decided by the league section.
It’s why Slot revealed he might be led to rethink his crew choice selections within the competitors ought to a end excessive within the desk nonetheless result in a “very troublesome draw.”
“It’s so troublesome to say something about this,” Slot began on the significance of ending prime of the Champions League desk.
“I’ve mentioned it many instances, however on the finish of the season you may choose it in the very best method – if it’s useful to finish up within the prime eight, and if it’s useful to finish up as No. 1.
“After all, it appears to be actually useful to finish up within the first eight, but when each time you play your starters, which now we have achieved till now nearly each time, then you definitely additionally want the outcomes.
“We strive to do that to, to begin with, to be within the highest doable place, but in addition to skip the subsequent spherical.
“If in the long run, it means by enjoying your starters all the time, skipping that spherical and nonetheless having a really troublesome draw, then we possibly are going to consider it in a different way subsequent season, what we’re going to do within the group stage.
“That’s one thing now we have to attend and see on the finish of the season, the place this can lead us.
“To begin with, we need to keep within the prime eight and, due to this fact, we predict we’d like a win – and the primary likelihood now we have is tomorrow evening.”
As per UEFA, the league section seeding place will decide a membership’s path by way of to the ultimate. The upper a crew finishes within the league section, the upper their seeding place will likely be for the knockout rounds.
The Reds are two factors clear on the prime of the Champions League desk, whereas the likes of Bayern Munich (14th), Atletico Madrid (fifteenth), Man Metropolis (seventeenth), Actual Madrid (twenty fourth) and PSG (twenty fifth) all have work to do and will but make for a tricky draw later down the road.
