Liverpool new boss, Arne Slot said it was the challenge of competing with Manchester City and Arsenal that made him sign for the Reds.
Slot was a replacement for Jurgen Klopp at Anfield and according to the Dutch born coach, his aim is to do more than finishing third behind Liverpool’s top rivals.
“We would all love to see Liverpool a bit higher than third place and this is the challenge we are facing now – to build on from what we have,” said Slot.
“I have all the confidence in this because of the players, that we can add a few things where we hopefully can get a bit more points than 82, which is necessary with the likes of Arsenal and [Manchester] City, to end up hopefully a bit higher than we did this season.”
He added that the kind of football played by Liverpool and Man City under Klopp and Pep Guardiola was comparable to the contest between Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo during the years of Barcelona, Real Madrid rivalry.
“I am 45 now and watching football for a long time and watching football a lot, and I think this has been an era where everybody looked at the Barcelona side of Xavi, (Andres) Iniesta and (Lionel) Messi and the rivalry there was between Real Madrid with Cristiano Ronaldo being there.
“I think when that came to an end, the new rivalry in European football came because of Jürgen – he managed Liverpool and Pep Guardiola, of course, managed Manchester City. I think for everyone who loves football it was a fantastic era to watch the both of them getting the best out of each other.”
