Arne Slot believes Pep Guardiola is still "the best manager in the world" despite Manchester City's recent struggles ahead of their blockbuster clash at Anfield on Sunday. (More Football News)
City are without a win in their last six games in a⭕ll competitions, the latest of which saw them squander a three-goal lead to draw with Feyenoord in the Champions League.
For the first time in what was the 942nd game of his managerial career, Guardioꦬla watched his side fail to win a match a❀fter leading by three goals.
An♓d up next for the Citizens is𝓡 Slot's Liverpool, who dispatched Real Madrid 2-0 on Wednesday to become the first team to qualify for the Champions League knockout stages.
Though City 💞have lost their last three Premier League 🐠games, as many as they had in their previous 47 combined (W35 D9), Slot was confident Guardiola could turn things around.
"Everybody 💦is looking at their results but if 🃏you face them, you analyse it. They were 1-0 up against Brighton and could have scored one or two more," Slot said.
"They could have been two or three goals up against Tottenham 🅠and against Feyenoord - that has not happened many times.
"They are still a very, very good team and one of the reasons why I think Pep Guardiola is one of 🐽the 🦹best managers in the world - I think he is the best - he always comes up with solutions for his problems.
"We all know he will come up with a solution, but 𒊎hopefully after Sunday."
Slot was also able to provide a𝓡n update on defensive duo Conor Bradley and Ibrahima Konate, who looked to have picked up injuries in the win over Madrid.
No🅘 player made more tackles (four), won more duels (eight), won more fouls (three) or provided more assists (one) than Br🍒adley against Los Blancos.
Konate also impressed on Wednesday, making more interc𓄧eptions (two) than any of his Liverpool team-mates, with Slot saying the pair were still being assessed aheꩵad of City's visit to Anfield on Sunday.
"They are still being assessed 🔯so it i♉s difficult to know where they are," Slot said.
"Let's wait and see but it's never a g🐽ood sign if players - Conor I had to take൩ him off and Ibou didn't walk off the pitch as he should after such a fantastic game.
"He should have made a round and claꦇpped to the fans but 🧸unfortunately he couldn't so that's not a good sign."
There was, however, good news on the fitness of Trent Alexander-Arnold, who returned to th𝕴💛e bench for the Reds on Wednesday but was an unused substitute.
The England international has missed the last three games for club and country with a ham𓆏string injury.
Only Mohamed Salah (22) has created more chances than Alexander-Arnold in the Premier League for Liverpool this season, with&nbs𒀰p;Slot confirming he would be fit to start against City.
"Like I've just said, they are still being assessed. We have to wait and see where they are this weekend and after that. Trent [Alexander-Arnold] will be fit to start," Slot added.&nbꩲsp;
