Liverpool boss Arne Slot slams Michael Owen's 'strange' comment

Arne Slot has firmly rejected any suggestion that winning the Premier League title would not be enough for Liverpool this season.

The Reds are aiming to take another step toward securing their 20th English league crown when they face Fulham on Sunday.

Following the Reds’ Merseyside derby win over Everton, Michael Owen claimed Liverpool had been building “something really special” this season – until their Champions League exit in the last 16 and defeat in the Carabao Cup final.

Virgil van Dijk took issue with that assessment, suggesting the team’s achievements shouldn’t be diminished due to those setbacks.

Slot said: “Let me understand it right, Virgil was a bit frustrated because it came across as it’s not enough to only win the Premier League? Michael (Owen) did play for us didn’t he?

“So he is aware of the fact that in 35 years we won the league once? There is your answer. If you can win the league with this club then, phew, nothing else matters I would say.

“If you do it ten times in a row then I could understand that people say ‘Oh but you only win the Premier League’.”

Liverpool Close in on Title

Liverpool need just 13 more points from their remaining eight games, with Arsenal lingering just behind in their rear-view mirror.

Defending champions Manchester City are locked in a fierce battle for Champions League qualification.

The Dutchman added: “I think the league is better than it ever was, that is what people are always saying. That’s what I hear a lot because the strength overall is getting better.

Liverpool need just 13 more points from their remaining eight games

“I think even Pep said there will not be a team again as long as he lives that gets more than 100 points and wins the league four times in a row because so many more teams are having so many more good players.

“I think he even said what I have said the whole year, that all clubs, even some who are fighting against relegation, have some players who can play for City, for Arsenal, for us, for Chelsea and for these type of teams.

“The reason why teams you might expect to have more points don’t have them is because the league has become stronger. That is probably why it is such a compliment for us that we do have those points at the moment.”