Arne Slot makes Chelsea prediction after admitting they ‘dominated’ Liverpool

Arne Slot makes Chelsea prediction after admitting they ‘dominated’ Liverpool

Arne Slot expects Chelsea to regularly challenge for the Premier League title ‘in the coming years’ after admitting they ‘dominated’ his Liverpool side for large spells at Anfield.

 

Liverpool continued their superb start to the 2024-25 season with a 2-1 win over Enzo Maresca’s Chelsea on Sunday.

 

Nicolas Jackson gave Chelsea hope of a comeback after cancelling out Mohamed Salah’s first-half penalty, but Curtis Jones scored the winner just moments later.

 

Despite proving too strong for Chelsea, Liverpool boss Slot was impressed by the level of the Blues and believes they can emerge as regular title contenders over the next few seasons.

Chelsea finished sixth under Mauricio Pochettino last term and were widely tipped for another turbulent campaign under the Argentine’s replacement, ex-Leicester City boss Maresca.

But Chelsea had in fact lost just once in seven games before the defeat at Anfield, a run of form that has given the west London club real hope of finishing in the top-four and sealing a return to the Champions League.

 

Asked about Chelsea ahead of Liverpool’s Champions League clash against RB Leipzig on Wednesday night, Slot said: ‘I don’t think we outplayed Chelsea, we certainly didn’t.

‘I think they were more dominant than us with the ball. In an ideal world I would have seen us dominate the complete game like we did in so many other games.

 

‘We are not there yet but the good thing about this team and the result was that if you face a team like Chelsea, you see a team that is fighting for every centimetre and for every moment and that is what we did.

 

‘I’m hoping in the future, hopefully in the near future, that when we play a game like this we are more dominant than we were against Chelsea. But that probably says a lot about Chelsea as well.

 

‘A lot of people in England were making fun of Chelsea earlier in the season for investing so much money and bringing in all these players that weren’t in the squad but in my opinion they have done really well in the last two of three years bringing so many talented players in.

They have such a strong squad with such a good manager that they will be up there in the coming years. That is my opinion, let’s see if I am right.’