Jurgen Klopp vs Arne Slot: Stats comparison of Premier League title winning Liverpool teams

The Dutch manager won the title in his first season as Reds’ coach.

This time, Liverpool won the Premier League title way sooner than we expected. New manager Arne Slot created history while doing so as he led them to the title in his first season as Reds’ manager.

However, this one (second PL title) will feel quite different to Liverpool fans. The first (2019-20) was celebrated in the confinement of lockdown and won in empty stadiums. This time, the players and supporters could rejoice together inside Anfield.

Despite the festivities, there are maybe as many parallels as there are contrasts between Arne Slot’s 2024–2025 title winners and Jurgen Klopp’s 2019–20 victors.

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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 29, 2025

Alisson, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andrew Robertson, Virgil van Dijk, and Mohamed Salah are five of the nine players from the 2019–20 team who are still with the team. These five players make up half of the outfield.

However, this year’s top-line statistics aren’t quite comparable.

How Klopp and Slot’s champions compare

	2019/20	2024/25
Points/match	2.6	2.4
Win %	84.0%	73.5%
Goals/match	2.2	2.3
Goals conceded/match	0.9	0.9

Klopp vs Slot: Defensive actions

Per 90	2019/20	2024/25
Pressed sequences	18.1	12.6
High turnovers	10.7	8.3
Recoveries	64.4	48.5
Interceptions	9.2	8.0

The primary distinction between Arne Slot and Klopp that is frequently brought up is Slot’s more composed management style. Compared to Klopp’s frantic attacking style, the football is calmer and has more of an emphasis on controlling the game state and relaxing while in possession.

This is undoubtedly true, but not always in the sense that most people would assume.

Slot’s Liverpool show a noticeable change in each of the following categories: they record fewer defensive actions and push lower and harder off the ball.

Klopp vs Slot: Midfield performance

The hallmark of that vintage Klopp squad was a tight three-pronged attack of fire and fury, supported by a practical, workmanlike midfield trio that pressed relentlessly and did all the running.

Arne Slot’s team, on the other hand, is more adaptable, sophisticated, and imaginative in the middle, which goes against the notion that they are a more composed, conservative squad.

The Premier League’s top three midfielders in 2019–20 combined to generate 60 open-play opportunities.

After 34 games this season, the three key midfield players of Liverpool have already combined to generate 100 chances.

Klopp vs Slot: Possession and fast breaks

	2019/20	2024/25
Fast breaks	1.0	2.1
Possession %	63.5%	57.8%
10+ open-play pass sequences	18.0	14.3

Therefore, even though Slot’s Liverpool have slowed down in the press, they have increased their midfield’s inventiveness and urgency.

Klopp vs Slot: Big chances per 90 minutes compared

Per 90	2019/20	2024/25
Goals	2.2	2.3
Big chances	2.9	4.0

Slot’s team performs marginally better on a variety of goal-scoring and chance-creation metrics, which are linked to his more inventive midfield three.

The reason for this is undoubtedly Salah’s season-breaking performance. Even though he was outstanding in 2019–20, contributing 10 assists and scoring 19 goals, this season is just unmatched.

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— Liverpool FC (@LFC) April 30, 2025

Klopp vs Slot: The final outcome

In the end, we shouldn’t exaggerate the differences.

Many of their traits are similar because the core of the team consists of so many of the same players. Slot is only changing a formula that is already ingrained in the squad’s muscle memory.

However, when weighing the magnitude of the accomplishment, Klopp wins out.

Building the team from the ground up, Klopp won Liverpool their first league title in thirty years after taking over a team that had placed sixth with 62 points in 2014–15.

Although Slot is only the fifth coach in Premier League history to sweep the league in his first season, after Jose Mourinho, Carlo Ancelotti, Manuel Pellegrini, and Antonio Conte, he had a considerably simpler time carrying out the mission.

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