Just a few Liverpool gamers took the chance to go overseas on their days off earlier this week, forward of the go to of Arsenal at Anfield on Sunday!
The Reds are within the enviable place of being champions with two-and-a-half weeks of the season remaining, permitting them to take their foot off the gasoline.
Whereas supporters will need Liverpool to get as many factors as potential, Arne Slot and his gamers have performed their job, naturally easing their foot off the accelerator since.
In actual fact, some Reds gamers have been posting idyllic images overseas, having been given some much-deserved day without work – as is frequent now that there’s a week between video games.
Ibrahima Konate was sitting poolside at an unknown location, however judging by the setting, he wasn’t within the Liverpool space!
The identical applies to Harvey Elliott, who shared a picture of the ocean, with the 22-year-old hoping to as soon as once more begin this weekend.
In the meantime, Kostas Tsimikas was trying relaxed and dapper in some stylish apparel, showing to be in sometimes laid-back mode.
Virgil van Dijk, in the meantime, was in Manchester having fun with Kevin Hart’s stand-up tour alongside Man Metropolis‘s Nathan Ake – not that you might inform by the comic’s Instagram put up!
It’s a far much less intense interval than Liverpool’s gamers skilled earlier within the season, at which level video games have been relentless throughout 4 competitions.
The Reds have gained the title and at the moment are reaping the advantages, however consideration will quickly change to Sunday’s conflict with Arsenal at Anfield.
The Gunners will give Liverpool a guard of honour earlier than kick-off, which guarantees to be memorable, if solely to see the gritted enamel of Mikel Arteta!
Arsenal have been knocked out of the Champions League by Paris Saint-Germain on Wednesday night, leaving them trophyless for a fifth season in a row.
It’s honest to say the Anfield crowd might remind Arteta and his gamers of that, having cruised previous their nearest challengers in what some have dared to name a ‘title race.’
However Liverpool will little question nonetheless be determined to win, laying down a marker forward of subsequent season and opening their lead on the prime to 18 factors.
A defeat finally means little within the grand scheme of issues, although, that means Slot and his workforce can deal with the fixture with none strain.
Victory for Liverpool would merely rub salt additional into the injuries of Arsenal, which is not any unhealthy factor.
