The championship race is fierce, and Sloter insists there is no room for slacking off

The 15th round of the 2024/25 Premier League will be played, and the "Red Army" Liverpool will go to Goodison Park to challenge the "Toffees" Everton in this Merseyside derby. Coach Slot said that in the face of the fierce competition for the Premier League title, his team must not relax at all, otherwise other competitors will take the opportunity to catch up.

In the 24th round of the Premier League, Liverpool defeated Bournemouth 2-0 away with two goals from Salah. After 3 wins and 2 draws in the last 5 rounds, Liverpool currently ranks first in the standings with 56 points, 6 points ahead of Arsenal, which is in second place. This also means that if Liverpool beats Everton, it will be able to expand its lead to 9 points.

When asked about the current Premier League title race, Liverpool manager Slot said, "It is indeed a good advantage, but if you lose one or two games in the Premier League, other teams will catch up quickly. In this league, teams can win 10 to 15 games in a row. After Arsenal came back from Qatar last season, I remember they won 15 of 17 games and started with 8 consecutive wins. Manchester City was probably about 6 to 8 points behind Arsenal at this time last season, but then they entered the winning mode."

"All this shows that winning the Premier League is probably the most difficult because you can't let up a bit or other competitors will catch up. I think every stage in the Premier League is decisive because it is an extremely competitive league. If you have a few weeks of poor performance and don't get the points you deserve, then the team will have to pay the price in this league."

In addition, Liverpool will have to challenge Aston Villa and Manchester City away in the subsequent league games, and the results of these key games will also affect Liverpool's championship situation.

Slote said: "It is indeed difficult to participate in five games in 15 days, especially considering the opponents we will face, which makes the challenge even more severe. However, no game in the Premier League can be won easily. This may be the case in other leagues, but it will never be the case in the Premier League."

On the other hand, Liverpool lost 0-1 to Plymouth away from home in the fourth round of the FA Cup earlier in the season and failed to advance to the round of 16.

Slote said: "We played with a different team in that game, so the loss won't have much impact on the players who play tomorrow. Plymouth and Everton play in a similar way, so we will definitely learn from that game to do better in this game."