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Preserving their impeccable European record and virtually guaranteeing a first-placed finish in the 36-team league phase, Liverpool survived a brief scare to see off 2020-21 Ligue 1 champions Lille at Anfield on Tuesday evening, thereby ensuring that they would bypass an unwanted two-legged playoff.
Mohamed Salah’s exquisite curler and Harvey Elliott’s deflected effort either side of a Jonathan David leveller gave Slot his seventh win from as many European matches at the Liverpool helm, and just one point against PSV Eindhoven next week will ensure that the Reds sail through as league phase ‘champions’.
In addition to topping the continental table, Liverpool’s lead over the chasing pack in the Premier League extended to six points yet again last weekend, albeit not without two heroic late interventions from the mercurial Darwin Nunez against a dogged Brentford side.
The Uruguayan’s astonishing late brace both handed Liverpool their first Premier League success of the calendar year and extended their magnificent unbeaten run in the division to 17 matches since their first and only home loss under Slot’s wing so far.
Since being unexpectedly slain by Nottingham Forest in mid-September, the Reds have remarkably managed to score at least twice in each of their last 14 home matches across all competitions, and the form book certainly suggests that 14 will become 15 when Ipswich pay a visit.
