Liverpool continue to go from strength to strength under Arne Slot, having picked up an impressive point away at Arsenal.
The same cannot be said of Liverpool’s rivals Manchester United, who have decided to sack Erik ten Hag as manager.
Slot was sad to see Ten Hag be sacked by Man United, with the two managers both hailing from the Netherlands.
Ten Hag has been impressed by Slot, with the latter coming out on top over the former when Liverpool beat Man United 3-0 last month.
The Anfield club were involved in a tricky search for Jurgen Klopp’s successor not long before, and it certainly seems they have made the right decision with Slot.
Richard Keys reminded of Brendan Rodgers after Erik ten Hag sacking
Man United now find themselves in that position after the exit of Ten Hag, with Richard Keys noticing similarities between his time at Old Trafford and that of Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool.
“If he’d had any pride or dignity he’d have walked out in the summer when he found out (Jim) Ratcliffe and his brains trust were hawking his job all around Europe,” Keys wrote of Ten Hag in his latest blog entry. “In the end he was their fourth choice for his own job.
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“It was typical of Ratcliffe’s penny pinching that Ten Hag was kept on. The bottom line is Ratcliffe wouldn’t pay the going rate for a top coach. So they triggered an extra year in Ten Hag’s deal and then tried to persuade us he’d been handed a new contract. That lie quickly back-fired.
“Instead of firing Ten Hag they sacked his backroom team and started appointing people they’d chosen to put around him. Is anyone even a teeny bit surprised (Ruud) Van Nistelrooy has been given the job?
“It was the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana who famously warned that those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat it.
“That strategy never works. Never, ever works. It didn’t go too well for Liverpool and Brendan Rodgers did it? There are so many examples of failed tinkering down the years – keeping the coach but changing everything around him.”
Liverpool and Man United are polar opposites this season
There was plenty of excitement around Old Trafford this summer, with many Man United fans really excited to see what Ten Hag could produce on the pitch.
But that excitement has quickly dissipated, with the Red Devils currently sitting 14th in the Premier League table.
They have won just three of their nine matches so far, having also struggled to get going in the Europa League.
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Liverpool meanwhile are flying high in both the Premier League and Champions League under Slot, with no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
Given their current struggles, Man United need to take their time in choosing the right successor for Ten Hag.
And they can undoubtedly learn from fierce rivals Liverpool in this endeavour, with the Anfield outfit having spent time in carefully selecting Slot to succeed Klopp in the summer.
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