Arne Slot is currently in his second season at Liverpool but he’s set to hit a new milestone that will see him become the most successful Liverpool manager in the club history.
Having won the Premier League title in his first season in charge of the Reds, Liverpool are a long way from defending the title. As it stands, Arsenal or Manchester City will be crowned champion.
Despite this, Slot is on the verge of breaking Kenny Dalglish’s record of most wins in his first 100 games.
The Dutchman will break this record if Liverpool beat Galatasaray tonight.
Liverpool will play at Rams Park in the Champions League, in a special anniversary game for the Dutch manager.
Slot has won 62 games in 99 matches, in comparison to Dalglish’s record during his first spell at the club, where he won 62 in 100 matches.
Arne Slot speaking to Liverpool players during a training session. (Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty Images)
If Liverpool end up winning against their Turkish opponent, it will place their current manager as the best in their history over a century of matches.
Undoubtedly a legend at the club, former manager Jurgen Klopp, who won a league title and the Champions League, only had 50 victories after his first 100 games, while it took him 181 matches to reach 100 victories.
Rafael Benitez won 54 times in his first 100 games at the helm for the Merseyside team and was quicker than the German in reaching 100 wins, doing so in only 174 fixtures.
Club legends Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley also had a better first 100 games than Klopp.
Speaking ahead of the game, Slot spoke of the privilege to manage the Reds for 100 games and said: “It makes me really proud that I’ve become the Liverpool manager and that it’s going to be my 100th game.
“I don’t think it’s a bad track record in those hundred games, although sometimes you get a different feeling about that.
“It’s nice that my 100th game is such a nice game to play, a last 16 Champions League game against Galatasaray.
“But it’s never about the manager, it’s about the players. I try to prepare them just like all the other 99 games I’ve done before.
“But then it’s always the players who have to go out and perform, and I’ve been very lucky that I’ve been given such a good team in both seasons.
“I always trust that these players will always perform at the levels we are used to in a Liverpool team.”
Liverpool currently sit sixth on 48 points in the Premier, and the Champions League is one of two competitions where they are still in contention for silverware.
They are expected to a face a very tough opponent in Galatasaray. Liverpool have not won in their three previous away games at Gala in the competition.
To make things worse,. Liverpool have already suffered a 1-0 defeat in the league phase this season in September at Rams Park.
