Pressure is part and parcel of wearing the Liverpool jersey, says Arne Slot

With Liverpool leading the English Premier League (EPL) this season, it seems to be a very real possibility that the biggest prize in English football will travel to the Merseyside after a gap of around five years.

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However, according to Liverpool manager Arend Martijn "Arne" Slot, wearing the famous red jersey of the former European champions comes with a lot of pressure - the pressure of living up to the outstanding legacy of the club and the expectations of the fans.

Speaking exclusively to JioHotstar, Slot shared his thoughts on the team managing pressure for the upcoming games. You assume that we feel pressure, which we do every single day we are working at this club, because we know what this shirt means, what the club has done in the past. So, we always feel the pressure of doing the best possible job we can. But we are not so much focused on what other people constantly talk about, and that is the league table. We are feeling the pressure of playing a difficult away game at Aston Villa. We are feeling the pressure of playing a difficult away game against City. But for us, every game is difficult because you saw last Sunday when we played Wolves. That was a difficult game for us as well. So, yes, we feel the pressure because we wear this shirt, but that has nothing to do with the league table at the moment," he said.

Slot also shared insights on what drives the team to perform.

"Oh, that is a simple word. We're great. Because every team here in this league has great individuals. Every team, especially the ones we are in competition with. If it's Arsenal, City, Chelsea, Villa. I forget probably a few, but all these teams that are competing with us for something.