Arne Slot hasn’t simply been adapting Liverpool’s on-field routines, he has additionally applied a routine change that Pep Guardiola made at Barcelona and Man Metropolis.
Change at soccer golf equipment is pure, particularly when a brand new coach arrives. In Slot’s case, fortunately he isn’t uprooting a tradition in a wrestle to show across the fortunes of his group.
As a substitute, his adjustments will be seen extra as developments or modifications of what went earlier than.
One routine Jurgen Klopp‘s Liverpool adopted was to remain at a lodge in Liverpool the evening earlier than residence matches. At first, this was on the Hope Road Resort earlier than latterly transferring to the Titanic Resort.
Slot has elected to not comply with this routine, although, and Liverpool’s gamers slept at residence the evening earlier than their Anfield win in opposition to Brentford and likewise the house pleasant vs. Sevilla.
The squad then met on the morning of the match for his or her group assembly earlier than taking the group bus to Anfield.
Taking inspiration from Guardiola?
It’s a routine that appears set to remain and is one Pep Guardiola additionally applied throughout his time at Barcelona and Man Metropolis.
The Spaniard as soon as mentioned: “Individuals don’t spend the day earlier than they go to work locked up in a lodge.
“We simply attempt to make issues the identical for them. In the event that they don’t relaxation, they’re not taking care of themselves and meaning they’ll play worse and lose their jobs.
“I decide my gamers on the work they do, not on their non-public lives. I’m not a policeman.
“I’m in mattress at 10 o’clock and I’ve acquired no urge to go and investigate cross-check my gamers. That’s why I’d reasonably have them at residence and never cooped up in a lodge with nothing to do. We’re simply attempting to make use of widespread sense.”
Legendary Barcelona midfielder Xavi even described how letting the gamers keep at residence the evening earlier than video games had a liberating impact on the group.
In Guillem Balague’s biography, Pep Guardiola: One other Manner Of Profitable, Xavi mentioned: “For me, two of a very powerful novelties had been the transfer to the coaching floor and eliminating the lodge conferences.”
Whereas Klopp may have had good motive to remain in a lodge with the group earlier than video games, Guardiola’s clarification additionally makes plenty of sense.
This season, Liverpool will play a minimal of 24 residence video games, that means not less than 24 additional nights at residence with household, which is a big quantity within the busy lifetime of a participant who has European and worldwide soccer additionally on their plate.
Forward of a packed marketing campaign, having completely happy gamers with residence life will be no unhealthy factor for Slot.