Liverpool manager Arne Slot saw his team improve their Premier League title lead to eight points after they gave away an early lead but came back to draw 2-2 with Aston Villa at Villa Park on Wednesday.

The game was moved forward from Week 29 thanks to Liverpool’s impending League Cup Final with Newcastle United, so the Reds will now have played more matches than everyone but Villa after spending more than a month with a match-in-hand on the field.

Liverpool have now played three Premier League matches in eight days, drawing away days at Everton and Villa while beating Wolves 2-1.

Slot will have wanted more from that stretch, though he’ll be impressed by his side’s coming back to claim a point on Wednesday after an early Mohamed Salah goal was defied by quickfire Villa goals before the Egyptian set up Trent Alexander-Arnold’s deflected leveller.

How will he view the 90 minutes?

We’ll have all of Slot’s words as soon as he speaks from Villa Park.

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“A bit disappointing. We had chances to win at the end. We take a point and move on.”

“In possession we did quite well. We created good opportunities to score the second. Disappointed to conceded from a set piece. We tried everything but unfortunately is wasn’t enough to create an equalizer.”

“Credit to Aston Villa. They made it difficult for us like they always do. We move on to the next one, and we have to keep fighting, keep going.”

“This is the Premier League. it’s physical for everyone, Aston Villa, us, and the other teams as well. We have a very tough one at the weekend, and then we have Newcastle, another tough one. Our focus will now be on Man City, a very difficult game. We have to fight for each and every second to win games and put points on the board. That’s the only task we have — to focus on ourselves. It’s easier said than done.”