Liverpool could have solely managed a draw on Wednesday, however Slot’s facet have now gone 22 consecutive Premier League video games with out defeat, successful 15 of these.
It’s the first time they’ve been capable of put collectively such a streak since their 44-match unbeaten run between January 2019 and February 2020, after they went on to win a primary Premier League title.
Regardless of the draw, information analysts Opta nonetheless predict Liverpool to complete prime on 87 factors, six away from Arsenal, utilizing their projection algorithm.
Their probability of successful the title has dropped barely, nonetheless, from 87.65% to 84.79%, whereas Arsenal’s has risen from 12.35% to fifteen.13%.
No different staff is given a greater than 1% probability by Opta of being champions.
It has proved a testing run for the league leaders, who conceded a last-gasp equaliser towards Everton in an emotional Merseyside derby draw at Goodison Park final Wednesday, scraped a hard-fought 2-1 win over Wolves at Anfield on Sunday after which needed to come from behind for the purpose at Villa.
But Slot denied his staff are struggling a dip in kind.
They go to Manchester Metropolis understanding Arsenal will shut the hole to 5 factors in the event that they beat West Ham on the Emirates on Saturday.
“I do not really feel like that in any respect,” added Slot. “In case you go away at Villa it’s at all times a troublesome fixture. Efficiency-wise, not a dip in any respect in the present day in my view.
“What we should not do, and a bit too usually now, we do not get what we deserve. In case you put all the probabilities in a row from us and them it is clear which staff ought to have received this recreation.
“We should not make a behavior out of that because it’s occurred a bit an excessive amount of now however we’re eight factors clear with Arsenal having a recreation in hand.”
