Danny Murphy believes that Liverpool’s mentality is key, and is a reason his former side have the best defence in the league.
Speaking on BBC’s Match of the Day 2, Murphy said: “They’ve got a really good shape, they’ve played the same way since the beginning of the season.
“What is most impressive is the mentality to defend for each other when mistakes happen.
“They’re not as hell to leather in terms of pressing all the time. They keep their counsel.
“If you’ve got a mentality where you want to fill in for each other and help each other, and you’ve got a good shape – it gives you a good chance at winning games – that is why they have the best defence in the Premier League.”
Former Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez agreed, and said how impressive it is to hear experienced players like Andy Robertson show his willingness to prove himself to Arne Slot.
“Especially at his level he [wants] to prove again, normally you’d say ‘listen I was doing this for years’ but still he has to prove that – that is really good,” said Bentiez.
“It shows the competitive mentality and that the new manager wants to win something.
“You can see that they’re going in the right direction, when you have Salah in the 75th minute coming back to regain the ball to help the defence – you have all the team together.
“I think they have a plan and the right mentality and confidence. They are doing really well.”
Watch the debate on Match of the Day 2 here
