Arne Slot reaches impressive milestone as Liverpool close in on title with late West Ham win

isn’t hugely comfortable with praise. When asked on Friday what his role was in ’s new contract, he dismissed his own part and talked up sporting director Richard Hughes and owners FSG.

But Slot’s crowning achievement is within touching distance thanks to and Sunday was another important milestone on that road to glory.

was Slot’s 50th game as manager and his 36th win. That’s easily better than any other former Reds boss and Sir Kenny Dalglish, who was here watching from the stands, and Joe Fagan are the next best with 29 victories from their first 50 matches.

Dalglish and Fagan are the only Liverpool managers to win the title in their first seasons, a feat Slot can emulate as soon as Sunday.

But while Dalglish and Fagan took over during the glory days of the 1980s, Slot has excelled with no new players and a squad, which trailed in third last season, nine points behind champions .

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He will be the first Dutch coach to win the and no Liverpool fan, even the most rabid Red could have predicted this.

Phil Thompson, who knows a thing or two about what it takes to win with Liverpool, says Slot’s greatest attribute is that he has made great players even better.

Take Luis Diaz and his goal yesterday was his 15th of the season, making this the Colombian’s most-prolific campaign for the Reds.

Or Salah and he celebrating signing his new two-year deal by teeing up Diaz to set a new Premier League record for most goals and assists in a season of 45.

Or Alisson and the Brazil goalkeeper is in the form of his life after rescuing his team-mates again with three huge saves against the Hammers.

Chuck in the improvement in Ryan Gravenberch, surely Slot’s biggest success story, , Curtis Jones, Ibrahima Konate and Alexis MacAllister and it’s clear that many players have benefitted from Slot’s magic touch.

Slot had better get used to praise because a lot of it is deservedly about to come his way.

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