Can Liverpool make the top eight in the new format UEFA Champions League?

A look at their European nights under Slot.

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00:00Just on the Champions League campaign, obviously we've seen the new change in format and the

00:09teams they're going to be coming up against are quite tough. They've already fantastically

00:12beat AC Milan away from home. Just in terms of their goals under Arnie Schlott and what

00:19they want from the Champions League this campaign, is it clear that he's going to be really trying

00:26to go for it and make sure they're in that elusive top eight?

00:30Yeah, it's a funny one, the Champions League this season, isn't it? Do you go for it? Do

00:37you want to be in that top eight to avoid two more games or do you take it a little

00:41bit easier and you think, well, we might be able to get through them, their play-off rounds

00:45anyway? But it was good start from Liverpool against AC Milan and that result's been reaffirmed

00:51by AC Milan going and beating Inter in the Milan derby now. Maybe a few people are thinking

00:55of AC Milan any good, but Inter Milan obviously drew with Man City and then they won the league

01:00for last season fairly emphatically. So, it's a good result for Liverpool away at the San

01:07Siro. Look, I think the way that Liverpool's squad is at the minute, they've got a chance

01:14of finishing that top eight because they haven't got many injuries. Say, Alisson's muscle issue

01:20doesn't seem too serious. Harvey Elliott's the only real long-term issue for Fractured

01:26Foot. So, when those games come around, you've probably got a strong team to rotate a little

01:32bit. I brought Cody Gappo in for the gameplay, Costa Simacas. Maybe it makes it a little

01:39bit more open this Champions League season, but as I say, the priority is to get back

01:44into the Champions League for Liverpool. But it might depend on the draw, it might depend

01:48on Liverpool doing league injuries, etc. But Arnaud Slot, I think he'll want to go

01:53for every trophy that he can because he believes in his squad, he believes there's talent there.

01:58So, if they play Bologna next, I'd like to be thinking Liverpool can pick up a victory

02:03there. They've got some decent fixtures in there, some difficult fixtures. Real Madrid

02:09at home, Bayer Leverkusen at home. The top eight might be difficult, but I certainly

02:15think that Liverpool could be up there.