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Liverpool boss Arne Slot on his feeling that the Premier League title race could be super competitive this season as they prepare to face title rivals Arsenal AXA Training Centre, Liverpool, UKAXA Training Centre, Liverpool, UK

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00:00Obviously, both games against Arsenal finished in two all-draws,

00:03and I think against top four opposition, or the teams that finished in the top four last season,

00:08they took 11 points from a possible 18.

00:10I just wonder, even though it's such an early stage in the season,

00:14how important do you feel it is not to lose ground on a potential title rival?

00:18Nah, not so much to do with losing ground.

00:23It has to do with losing ground, but not that we play Arsenal.

00:26Normally, teams don't play their best game unless you keep the same squad completely,

00:34and you add three, four, five, six, seven players.

00:37Then you can maybe expect that the team is growing even further.

00:41If you look at our situation, we've lost a few, we've added a few,

00:44so then it's not starting all the way new again.

00:48But I think it's normal that we play even better in a few months

00:56or in a few weeks than we do now.

00:58But in the meantime, you can't lose ground, not a lot.

01:03Although I do think that I would be surprised if there were a point record this season

01:10in the Premier League, I would be surprised if one team gets more than 100 points,

01:15because of the strength of the league.

01:17So you are able to drop once in a while a few points and still be competitive,

01:22I think, in the end of the season.

01:25But the best thing you can do is not drop points at all.

01:28Just picking up on what you said there, do you think that the league is more competitive noticeably

01:35this season than last season, based on what you just said?

01:38If that's even possible, because it was already so competitive last season.

01:43Maybe I'm wrong, but I think in general teams spent more than last season.

01:49I'm not 100 per cent sure, I'm talking about net spend,

01:53not talking about what teams spent and forget what they've sold.

01:56But maybe I'm wrong, but last season we didn't do a lot,

02:03but I think our competitors didn't do a lot last season as well and that's completely different this season.

Feel this title race could be even more competitive than the last - Slot

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