Arne Slot has insisted Liverpool should have no issues with the lunchtime kick-off in the Premier League, joking he would be a “stupid manager” if they did as that is when his side train.

The Dutch manager has his team headed in the right direction, and silverware could be on the horizon come season's end

They have made a flying start under him, winning five of their first six league matches, but Slot is conscious he still has the core of the side who won the Premier League and the Champions League under Jurgen Klopp, in Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andy Robertson, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah.