As he is ready for a difficult test against Arsenal, Arne Slot claims that his Liverpool squad is “matching his expectations” following their fantastic start to the season.

With seven victories in their first eight games, the Reds are leading the Premier League and have already won all three of their Champions League fixtures.

Slot leads his team against Arsenal on Sunday in an attempt to pull seven points clear of the Gunners.

He informed reporters on Friday that he anticipated a difficult test against Mikel Arteta’s team, who are without some important players, at the Emirates.

Arsenal was both well ahead of us and above Chelsea, whom Liverpool defeated 2-1 last week, he remarked, referring to the previous two seasons.

You would think that facing Arsenal would be even more challenging, but we’ll see how Chelsea and Arsenal fare at the conclusion of the season.

“Normally, you would anticipate that this game would be even more challenging than Chelsea’s at home, especially since it’s also an away game, and we all witnessed how challenging Chelsea’s home game was.”

Liverpool only managed three points from their four games against the runner-ups, Manchester City and Arsenal, last season.

Nobody can predict who will be your biggest rival at this early stage, but I believe we all know that Arsenal will be one of them. “We all know that taking points from your competitors,” Slot added.

In his first season at Anfield since replacing Jurgen Klopp, the Dutchman was questioned about whether he was hitting the goals he had set for himself.

“I wasn’t on vacation thinking, ‘Well, how many points do I want to have after ten games?'” he remarked.

“No, I was only considering how I would try to bring out the best in this team, as Jurgen has done for so long, and how we could continue that. I was also considering how I would conduct the player meetings, both individual and team, without considering points.”

“I didn’t have expectations coming in regarding the number of points we needed to have after one, two, three, or ten games,” he continued.

However, I had expectations about how I wanted to see the club play, and I believe that now aligns with those expectations.

Diogo Jota, a forward with an injury, will not go to London, while goalie Alisson Becker will not play.