Arne Slot Set To Face First Manchester United Test As Liverpool Manager
After the first two matchdays, expected Premier League title challengers Manchester City, Arsenal and Liverpool all have a perfect 100% record, along with the ever-exciting Brighton. New Liverpool boss Arne Slot has made a perfect start to the daunting task of succeeding Jurgen Klopp with two wins from his opening two Premier League games without conceding. Now, Slot faces his first major test with a trip to Manchester United, while Newcastle and Tottenham also face off on Sunday hoping to dispel early season doubts over their credentials for a top-four finish. We look at the best of this weekend's action in the Premier League:
Dutch duel at Old Trafford
His first chance to seriously impress the Liverpool support comes at one of Klopp's least favourite grounds as English football's two most successful clubs face off at Old Trafford.
Despite Liverpool largely enjoying the superior league position during Klopp's near nine-year reign, he won just two of his 11 away games to United.
That run included a 4-3 FA Cup quarter-final exit and 2-2 Premier League draw last season that precipitated a Liverpool collapse in his final few months in charge.
Yet the pressure is arguably even more on the Dutch manager in the other dugout.
Erik ten Hag was backed by those at the top of United's new sporting structure at the end of last season despite finishing eighth - the club's worst ever Premier League performance.
Hope of a new dawn for the Red Devils has been diminished in the opening weeks of the new campaign.
Joshua Zirkzee's late winner on his debut at least ensured a winning start against Fulham, but a 2-1 defeat to Brighton last weekend had many of the same hallmarks that have seen United struggle previously under Ten Hag.
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